*būlǭ

Runic: ᛒᚢᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈbuː.lɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

swelling; bump; boil

Etymology

From the zero-grade of an uncertain Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- with a laryngeal extension and nominalizing -l- formation, reconstructed as pre-Germanic *bʰuH-l-éh₂. Related to *būlō.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.būlǭbūlōniz
Acc.būlōnųbūlōnunz
Gen.būlōnizbūlōnǫ̂
Dat.būlōnibūlōmaz
Inst.būlōnēbūlōmiz
Voc.būlǭbūlōniz

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Descendants

  • *būlā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • būla (Old Dutch)
      • bule (Middle Dutch)
        • buil (Dutch)
  • *būlā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *būle (Old Frisian)
      • Buule, Bule (Saterland Frisian)
  • *būlā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • būla (Old High German)
  • *būlā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *būla (Old Saxon)
      • bûle (Middle Low German)
        • Bule, Buul (Low German)
          • bule (Norwegian Nynorsk)
          • bula (Swedish)
          • bule (Danish)
          • bule, bul (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • bóla (Old Norse)
    • bóla (Icelandic)
      • bolna (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • bole (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • bolna (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • bole (Norwegian Nynorsk)
      • bolna (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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