Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bullǭ

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 *bʰln-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell, bubble”). Synchronically analyzable as an ablaut form of *balluz (“ball”). See also *bullô.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbul.lɔ̃ː/

Noun

*bullǭ f

  1. round object, ball
  2. round vessel, bowl

Inflection

Declension of *bullǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bullǭ *bullōniz
vocative *bullǭ *bullōniz
accusative *bullōnų *bullōnunz
genitive *bullōniz *bullōnǫ̂
dative *bullōni *bullōmaz
instrumental *bullōnē *bullōmiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bullan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 83
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