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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bulgijō
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbul.ɣi.jɔː/
Noun
*bulgijō f
- wave, billow
Inflection
| ō-stemDeclension of *bulgijō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *bulgijō | *bulgijôz | |
| vocative | *bulgijō | *bulgijôz | |
| accusative | *bulgijǭ | *bulgijōz | |
| genitive | *bulgijōz | *bulgijǫ̂ | |
| dative | *bulgijōi | *bulgijōmaz | |
| instrumental | *bulgijō | *bulgijōmiz | |
Descendants
- Old Norse: bylgja
- Danish: bølge
- English: billow
- Faroese: bylgja
- Icelandic: bylgja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bølgje
- Swedish: bölja