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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bulōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *bulaz (“sphere, ball”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbu.lɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*bulōną[1]
- to roll
Inflection
Conjugation of *bulōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 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)
- Middle Dutch:
- Old High German: bolōn
- Middle High German: bolen
- Old Frisian: *bolia
- Old Norse: bola
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) , “*bulōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62