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

1. ball
2. 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
    • Portuguese: bola
    • → Spanish: bola
  • Old Spanish:
    • Spanish: bolla