Boll
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
- As a Danish and German surname, from Danish Bøll, German Böll.
- Also as a German surname, from the personal name Baldo (see Bold). Compare Boell.
- As an English surname, variant of Bull.
- Also as an English surname, from the noun bowl. Compare Bowler.
- As a Scottish surname, variant of Boyle.
Proper noun edit
Boll (plural Bolls)
Further reading edit
- Boll (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German bolle, from Old Saxon bollo, from Proto-Germanic *bullô, *bullǭ. More at bowl.
Noun edit
Boll m (plural Bollen)
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bolle, from Old High German bolla, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ.
The sense “bowl” is inherited in many dialects of Central Franconian and even further east in Hessian Rhine Franconian. Therefore there is no reason to consider it a borrowing from French bol, which is itself a rather late borrowing from English.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Boll f (plural Bollen)
Plautdietsch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German bulle, from Old Saxon *bulo, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.
Noun edit
Boll m (plural Bulls)