*bōþlą

Runic: ᛒᛟᚦᛚᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːθ.lɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

house, dwelling

Etymology

Possibly from *būwijaną (‘to settle, inhabit’) + *-þlą (forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument) (Orel 2003), or perhaps from *bōþō (‘building, dwelling’) + *-(i)lą (forms nouns of diminutive connotation) (Philippa et al. 2003). Both of these ultimately derivations of Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (‘to be, grow’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	bōþlą	bōþlō
Acc.	bōþlą	bōþlō
Gen.	bōþlas, bōþlis	bōþlǫ̂
Dat.	bōþlai	bōþlamaz
Inst.	bōþlō	bōþlamiz
Voc.	bōþlą	bōþlō

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Descendants

*bōþl (Proto-West Germanic)
- *buothal (Old Dutch)
  - boedel, bodel (Middle Dutch)
    - boedel, boel (Dutch)
      - boedel, boel (Afrikaans)
      - boodle (English)
*bōþl (Proto-West Germanic)
- botl, botel, bold (Old English)
  - bottle, botle, buttle (Middle English)
    - bottle (English)
*bōþl (Proto-West Germanic)
- bōdel, bōld (Old Frisian)
  - bol, boel, böl (North Frisian)
  - bûdel, bôdel (Saterland Frisian)
  - boel (West Frisian)
*bōþl (Proto-West Germanic)
- bōdal (Old Saxon)
  - bôdel, bôl (Middle Low German)
ból (Old Norse)
- bol (Danish)
- ból (Faroese)
- ból (Icelandic)
- bol (Norwegian)
ból (Old Norse)
- bōl (Old Swedish)
  - bol (Swedish)

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