Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bulstraz

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *bulhstraz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“bag, pillow, paunch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell, blow, inflate, burst”). See also *balgiz.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*bulstraz m

  1. bolster, pillow, cushion
    Synonym: *wangiją

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *bulstraz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bulstraz *bulstrōz, *bulstrōs
vocative *bulstr *bulstrōz, *bulstrōs
accusative *bulstrą *bulstranz
genitive *bulstras, *bulstris *bulstrǫ̂
dative *bulstrai *bulstramaz
instrumental *bulstrō *bulstramiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bulstra(n)-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 84
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