*bellǭ

Runic: ᛒᛖᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈbel.lɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

bell

Etymology

Likely a deverbal noun from *bellaną (‘to roar, bark, bellow; to ring’), based on the geminate *-ll- (back-formed in the verb from an original iterative). From pre-Germanic *bʰell-éh₂ from Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (‘to sound, speak, roar, bark’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.bellǭbellōniz
Acc.bellōnųbellōnunz
Gen.bellōnizbellōnǫ̂
Dat.bellōnibellōmaz
Inst.bellōnēbellōmiz
Voc.bellǭbellōniz

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Descendants

  • *bellā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *bella (Old Dutch)
      • belle (Middle Dutch)
        • bèl (Limburgish)
  • *bellā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *bella (Old Dutch)
      • belle (Middle Dutch)
        • bel (Dutch)
          • bel (Afrikaans)
  • *bellā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • belle, bell (Old English)
      • belle (Middle English)
        • bell (Scots)
  • *bellā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *belle (Old Frisian)
      • belle, bel (West Frisian)
  • *bellā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bella (Old Saxon)
      • belle (Middle Low German)
        • Belle, Bel (Low German)
  • bjalla (Old Norse)
    • bjølla (Faroese)
    • bjalla (Icelandic)
    • bjølle (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • bjalla (Old Norse)
    • bjælde (Danish)
      • bjelle (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • bjalla (Old Norse)
    • biælla (Old Swedish)
      • bjällra (Swedish)

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