Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bellǭ

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbel.lɔ̃ː/

Noun

*bellǭ f

bell

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *bellǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bellǭ	*bellōniz
vocative	*bellǭ	*bellōniz
accusative	*bellōnų	*bellōnunz
genitive	*bellōniz	*bellōnǫ̂
dative	*bellōni	*bellōmaz
instrumental	*bellōnē	*bellōmiz

Related terms

*bellaną

Descendants

Old English: belle
- Middle English: belle
  - Scots: bell
  - English: bell
    - → Fiji Hindi: belo
    - → Japanese: ベル (beru)
    - → Korean: 벨 (bel)
Old Frisian: *belle
- West Frisian: belle, bel
Old Saxon: bella
- Middle Low German: belle
  - German Low German: Belle, Bel
Old Dutch: *bella
- Middle Dutch: belle
  - Dutch: bel
  - Limburgish: bèl
Old Norse: bjalla
- Icelandic: bjalla
- Faroese: bjølla
- Norwegian Bokmål: bjelle
- Old Swedish: biælla
  - Swedish: bjällra (with unexplained -r-)
- Danish: bjælde
- Gutnish: bjällå, bjälla
- Westrobothnian: bjell, bjäll