Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/balluz
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰol-n- (“round thing, bubble”), from *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with Latin follis (“windbag, balloon”).
According to Kroonen, this was originally an n-stem (as preserved in Old High German ballo, German Ballen), and the North Germanic *balluz is an early back-formation from the old accusative plural **balluns.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*balluz m[2]
Inflection edit
u-stemDeclension of *balluz (u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *balluz | *balliwiz | |
vocative | *ballu | *balliwiz | |
accusative | *ballų | *ballunz | |
genitive | *ballauz | *balliwǫ̂ | |
dative | *balliwi | *ballumaz | |
instrumental | *ballū | *ballumiz |
Alternative reconstructions edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *ballu
- Old Norse: bǫllr
- → Proto-Finnic: