*balluz
Runic: ᛒᚨᛚᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑl.luz/noun · masculine · u-stem
Meanings
- round object, ball
- ball of the hand, foot, etc.
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰól-ō from bʰól-ōn ~ *bʰl-n-ós, ultimately from *bʰel- (‘to blow, inflate, swell’). Cognate with Latin follis (‘windbag, balloon’). According to (Kroonen 2013), this was originally an n-stem (as preserved in Old High German ballo, German Ballen), and the North Proto-Germanic *balluz is an early back-formation from the old accusative plural **balluns.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | balluz | balliwiz |
| Acc. | ballų | ballunz |
| Gen. | ballauz | balliwǫ̂ |
| Dat. | balliwi | ballumaz |
| Inst. | ballū | ballumiz |
| Voc. | ballu | balliwiz |
Descendants
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bǫllr (Old Norse)
- bøllur (Faroese)
- boll (Swedish)
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bǫllr (Old Norse)
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balder, baller (Old Swedish)
- boll (Swedish)
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balder, baller (Old Swedish)
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Old Norse
- *pāllō (Proto-Samic)
- pallo (Finnish)