Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bellǭ

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

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbel.lɔ̃ː/

Noun

*bellǭ f

bell

Inflection

Declension of *bellǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bellǭ	*bellōniz
vocative	*bellǭ	*bellōniz
accusative	*bellōnų	*bellōnunz
genitive	*bellōniz	*bellōnǫ̂
dative	*bellōni	*bellōmaz
instrumental	*bellōnē	*bellōmiz

Related terms

*bellaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *bellā
- Old English: belle, bell
  - Middle English: belle
    - Scots: bell
    - English: bell
      - → Fiji Hindi: belo
      - → Japanese: ベル (beru)
      - → Korean: 벨 (bel)
- Old Frisian: *belle
  - West Frisian: belle, bel
- Old Saxon: bella
  - Middle Low German: belle
    - German Low German: Belle, Bel
- Old Dutch: *bella
  - Middle Dutch: belle
    - Dutch: bel
      - Afrikaans: bel
    - Limburgish: bèl
Old Norse: bjalla
- Icelandic: bjalla
- Faroese: bjølla
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bjølle (through bjǫllu)
- Old Swedish: biælla
  - Swedish: bjällra (with unexplained -r-)
- Danish: bjælde
  - Norwegian Bokmål: bjelle
- Gutnish: bjällå, bjälla