Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bēlą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰḗlH-o-m, from *bʰel- (“shiny; bright; gleaming; white”).[1] Cognate with Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”), Lithuanian bãlas, báltas (“white”), Latvian balts (“white”), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”), Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛː.lɑ̃/

Noun

*bēlą n[1]

  1. fire
  2. pyre

Inflection

Declension of *bēlą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bēlą *bēlō
vocative *bēlą *bēlō
accusative *bēlą *bēlō
genitive *bēlas, *bēlis *bēlǫ̂
dative *bēlai *bēlamaz
instrumental *bēlō *bēlamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *bāl
  • Old Norse: bál

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bēla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
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