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Proto-Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
Possibly from *bōwwjaną (“to settle, inhabit”) + *-þlą (instrumental suffix)[3], or perhaps from *bōþō (“building, dwelling”) + *-(i)lą,[4] or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂u-tlo-m (compare Lithuanian būklà (“presence (of mind), dwelling”)), all possibly from *bʰweh₂- (“to grow, arise, become”)[1].
Pronunciation
Noun
*bōþlą n[2]
- house, dwelling
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *bōþlą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*bōþlą
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*bōþlō
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vocative
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*bōþlą
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*bōþlō
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accusative
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*bōþlą
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*bōþlō
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genitive
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*bōþlas, *bōþlis
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*bōþlǫ̂
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dative
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*bōþlai
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*bōþlamaz
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instrumental
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*bōþlō
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*bōþlamiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *bōþl
- Old Norse: ból
Further reading
- Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “belda”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 149: “*bōpla- aus idg. *bhö[u]tlo- und *bupla-”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hellquist, Elof (1922) “bol”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 54
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*buþlan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 64
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press