Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bulōną

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 *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)
  • Old High German: bolōn
    • Middle High German: bolen
• Old Norse: bola
  • >? Faroese: bola
  • Icelandic: bola