Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bolt

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bultaz.

Noun

*bolt m

1. bolt arrow

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bolt
Genitive	*boltas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bolt	*boltō, *boltōs
Accusative	*bolt	*boltā
Genitive	*boltas	*boltō
Dative	*boltē	*boltum
Instrumental	*boltu	*boltum

Descendants

• Old English: bolt
  • Middle English: bolt
    • English: bolt
• Old Frisian: bolt
  • West Frisian: bout
• Old Saxon: bolt
  • Middle Low German: bolte
    • German Low German: Bolt (Baltic)
      • → Estonian: polt
    • → Danish: bolt
      • → Faroese: boltur
    • → Latvian: bulta
    • → Middle Norwegian: boltr
      • Norwegian: bolt
    • → Swedish: bult
      • → Finnish: pultti
• Old Dutch: *bolt
  • Middle Dutch: bout
    • Dutch: bout
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: bauta
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: bowtu
      • → Indonesian: baut
      • → Papiamentu: bout
      • → Sranan Tongo: bowtu (shank)
      • → Sranan Tongo: bowtu (bolt)
• Old High German: bolz
  • Middle High German: bolz
    • German: Bolz, Bolzen