Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōþlą

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

    Possibly from *bōwwjaną (“to settle, inhabit”) +‎ *-þlą (instrumental suffix)[3], or perhaps from *bōþō (“building, dwelling”) +‎ *-(i)lą,[4] or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂u-tlo-m (compare Lithuanian būklà (“presence (of mind), dwelling”)), all possibly from *bʰweh₂- (“to grow, arise, become”)[1].

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbɔːθ.lɑ̃/

    Noun

    *bōþlą n[2]

    1. house, dwelling

    Inflection

    Declension of *bōþlą (neuter a-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *bōþlą *bōþlō
    vocative *bōþlą *bōþlō
    accusative *bōþlą *bōþlō
    genitive *bōþlas, *bōþlis *bōþlǫ̂
    dative *bōþlai *bōþlamaz
    instrumental *bōþlō *bōþlamiz

    Derived terms

    • *gabōþliją, *gabuþliją
    • *buþlijaną

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *bōþl
      • Old English: botl, botel, bold
      • Old Frisian: bōdel, bōld
        • North Frisian: bol, boel, böl
        • Saterland Frisian: bûdel, bôdel
        • West Frisian: boel
      • Old Saxon: bōdal
        • Middle Low German: bôdel, bôl
          • German Low German:
            Klevisch-Weselisch: Baul
            Westmünsterländisch: Buddel, Büoddel
      • Old Dutch: *buothal
    • Old Norse: ból

    Further reading

    • Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “belda”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 149: “*bōpla- aus idg. *bhö[u]tlo- und *bupla-”
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hellquist, Elof (1922) “bol”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 54
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*buþlan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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