Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bellǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbel.lɔ̃ː/

Noun

*bellǭ f

1. bell

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *bellǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bellǭ	*bellōniz
vocative	*bellǭ	*bellōniz
accusative	*bellōnų	*bellōnunz
genitive	*bellōniz	*bellōnǫ̂
dative	*bellōni	*bellōmaz
instrumental	*bellōnē	*bellōmiz

Related terms

• *bellaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bellā
  • Old English: belle, bell
    • Middle English: belle
      • Scots: bell
      • English: bell
        • → Fiji Hindi: belo
        • → Japanese: ベル (beru)
        • → Korean: 벨 (bel)
  • Old Frisian: *belle
    • West Frisian: belle, bel
  • Old Saxon: bella
    • Middle Low German: belle
      • German Low German: Belle, Bel
  • Old Dutch: *bella
    • Middle Dutch: belle
      • Dutch: bel
        • Afrikaans: bel
      • Limburgish: bèl
• Old Norse: bjalla
  • Icelandic: bjalla
  • Faroese: bjølla
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bjølle (through bjǫllu)
  • Old Swedish: biælla
    • Swedish: bjällra (with unexplained -r-)
  • Danish: bjælde
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bjelle
  • Gutnish: bjällå, bjälla