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[1][2][3]
*bōdilą[4]

Etymology

Possibly from *bōwwjaną (“to settle, inhabit”) +‎ *-þlą (instrumental suffix)[3], or perhaps from *bōþō (“building, dwelling”) +‎ *-(i)lą,[4] or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂u-tlo-m (compare Lithuanian būklà (“presence (of mind), dwelling”)), all possibly from *bʰweh₂- (“to grow, arise, become”)[1].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːθ.lɑ̃/

Noun

*bōþlą n[2]

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

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 149: “*bōpla- aus idg. *bhö[u]tlo- und *bupla-”
Hellquist, Elof (1922) “bol”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 54
Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*buþlan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 64
Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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[IEW-1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 149: “*bōpla- aus idg. *bhö[u]tlo- und *bupla-”

[SEO-2] Hellquist, Elof (1922) “bol”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 54

[HGE-3] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*buþlan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 64

[EWN-4] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press