Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōþlą

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *buþlą
• *bōdilą

Etymology

Possibly from *bōwwjaną (“to settle, inhabit”) +‎ *-þlą (instrumental suffix), or perhaps from *bōþō (“building, dwelling”) +‎ *-(i)lą, or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂u-tlo-m (compare Lithuanian būklà (“presence (of mind), dwelling”)), all possibly from *bʰweh₂- (“to grow, arise, become”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːθ.lɑ̃/

Noun

*bōþlą n

1. house, dwelling

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *bōþlą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bōþlą	*bōþlō
vocative	*bōþlą	*bōþlō
accusative	*bōþlą	*bōþlō
genitive	*bōþlas, *bōþlis	*bōþlǫ̂
dative	*bōþlai	*bōþlamaz
instrumental	*bōþlō	*bōþlamiz

Derived terms

• *gabōþliją, *gabuþliją

Related terms

• *buþlijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bōþl
  • Old English: botl, botel, bold
    • Middle English: bottle, botle, buttle
      • English: bottle (“dwelling, building”)
  • Old Frisian: bōdel, bōld
    • North Frisian: bol, boel, böl
    • Saterland Frisian: bûdel, bôdel
    • West Frisian: boel
  • Old Saxon: bōdal
    • Middle Low German: bôdel, bôl
      • German Low German:

        Klevisch-Weselisch: Baul

        Westmünsterländisch: Buddel, Büoddel

  • Old Dutch: *buothal
    • Middle Dutch: boedel, bodel
      • Dutch: boedel, boel
        • → English: boodle
• Old Norse: ból
  • Icelandic: ból
  • Faroese: ból
  • Norwegian: bol
  • Old Swedish: bōl
    • Swedish: bol
  • Danish: bol

Further reading

• Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “belda”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36