Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bulōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *bulaz (“sphere, ball”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbu.lɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bulōną

to roll

Inflection

Conjugation of *bulōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*bulō	*bulǭ	—	*bulōi	?
2nd singular	*bulōsi	*bulōs	*bulō	*bulōsai	*bulōsau
3rd singular	*bulōþi	*bulō	*bulōþau	*bulōþai	*bulōþau
1st dual	*bulōs	*bulōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bulōþiz	*bulōþiz	*bulōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*bulōmaz	*bulōm	—	*bulōnþai	*bulōnþau
2nd plural	*bulōþ	*bulōþ	*bulōþ	*bulōnþai	*bulōnþau
3rd plural	*bulōnþi	*bulōn	*bulōnþau	*bulōnþai	*bulōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bulōdǭ	*bulōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*bulōdēz	*bulōdēdīz
3rd singular	*bulōdē	*bulōdēdī
1st dual	*bulōdēdū	*bulōdēdīw
2nd dual	*bulōdēdudiz	*bulōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*bulōdēdum	*bulōdēdīm
2nd plural	*bulōdēdud	*bulōdēdīd
3rd plural	*bulōdēdun	*bulōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*bulōndz	*bulōdaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *bolōn
- Old Frisian: *bolia
  - West Frisian: bolje
- Old Dutch:
  - Middle Dutch:
    - >? Dutch: bollen (the meaning "to roll, play with a ball" is dialectal, possbily backformed to bol)
- Old High German: bolōn
  - Middle High German: bolen
Old Norse: bola
- >? Faroese: bola
- Icelandic: bola

References

^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*bulōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*bulōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bulōną

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