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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/balluz

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 *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

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑl.luz/

Noun

*balluz m[2]

  1. round object, ball
  2. (anatomy) ball of the hand, foot, etc.

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *balluz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *balluz *balliwiz
vocative *ballu *balliwiz
accusative *ballų *ballunz
genitive *ballauz *balliwǫ̂
dative *balliwi *ballumaz
instrumental *ballū *ballumiz

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ballu
  • Old Norse: bǫllr
  • Proto-Finnic:
    • Finnish: pallo
    • Ingrian: pallo
    • Proto-Samic: *pāllō (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ballan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 50
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ƀalluz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 34
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