Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bollā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bullǭ.

Noun

*bollā f

ball
bowl

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bollā
Genitive	*bollōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bollā	*bollōn
Accusative	*bollōn	*bollōn
Genitive	*bollōn	*bollōnō
Dative	*bollōn	bollōm, bollum
Instrumental	*bollōn	bollōm, bollum

Related terms

*bollō

Descendants

Old English: bolle
- Middle English: bolle
  - Scots: boll, bol, bow
  - English: bowl
  - → Middle French: bolle
    - French: bol
      - → Greek: μπολ (bol)
Old Frisian: bolla
- Saterland Frisian: Boolje, Bol
- West Frisian: bol
Old Saxon: *bolla, bollo
- Middle Low German: bolle, bole
  - German Low German: Boll, Bolle
    - ⇒ Low German: Bolltje
      - → Danish: bolsje
      - → German: Bollchen
Old Dutch: *bollo
- Middle Dutch: bolle m
  - Dutch: bol
    - Afrikaans: bol
  - Limburgish: ból
Old High German: bolla
- Middle High German: bolle
  - Alemannic German: Bölle, Belle, Böle
  - German: Bolle
  - Luxembourgish: Boll; Bull (latter uncertain)
→ Vulgar Latin: *bolla (merger with Latin bulla)
- Italo-Dalmatian
  - Italian: bolla
- Oïl
  - Old French: bolle, bole
    - Middle French: boule
      - French: boule
        → English: boule
    - Norman: bolle, boule
    - → Middle English: bowle, boule
      - English: bowl (“lawn bowl, ball”)
  - Picard Old French: *boule
    - ⇒ Picard Old French: boulenc
      - → Old French: bolengier, boulanger
        Gallo: boulangier
        Middle French: boulanger
        French: boulanger
        Norman: boulandgi (Jèrriais)
        Walloon: boledjî
- Old Occitan: bolla, bola
  - Occitan: bòla
  - Catalan: bolla, bola
  - → Old Galician-Portuguese: bola
    - Fala: bola
    - Galician: bola
    - Portuguese: bola
  - → Old Spanish:
    - Spanish: bola
- Old Spanish:
  - Spanish: bolla