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 (irregular, auxiliary håm)

1. (Luserna) to want

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien