Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pōlaz

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 presumed pre-Germanic *bōlos, from virtual Proto-Indo-European *bel-, *bal- (“bog, marsh”), which may be a European substrate term borrowed into multiple Indo-European branches. Potential cognates include Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp”), Modern Greek βάλτος (váltos, “swamp, bog”), Romanian baltă (“swamp, puddle”), Albanian baltë (“mud, swamp”),[1] as well as Proto-Slavic *bala, *balъka (“pool; ravine”), Lithuanian balà (“bog; marsh; swamp; pool”), Latvian bala (“a muddy, treeless depression”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔː.lɑz/

Noun

*pōlaz m

  1. pool
    Synonym: *pullaz

Inflection

Declension of *pōlaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *pōlaz *pōlōz, *pōlōs
vocative *pōl *pōlōz, *pōlōs
accusative *pōlą *pōlanz
genitive *pōlas, *pōlis *pōlǫ̂
dative *pōlai *pōlamaz
instrumental *pōlō *pōlamiz

Derived terms

  • *pōlijǭ

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *pōl
  • ⇒ Old Norse: *pœla (< *pōlijǭ)
    • Norwegian: pøla (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*pōla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 398
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