bölln
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- béllan (Sette Comuni)
Etymology
From Middle High German wollen, wellen from Old High German wollen, wellen, from a merger of Proto-Germanic *wiljaną (“to want”) and *waljaną (“to choose”). Cognate with German wollen, Dutch willen, English will, Icelandic vilja.
Verb
bölln
- (Luserna) to want
References
- “bölln” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien