Where does “Bollerwagen” come from?

Bollerwagen (German) comes from German bollern, from German boller, from Middle High German bolle, from Old High German bolla, from Proto-West Germanic bollā, from Proto-Germanic bullǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Bollerwagen (German): wagon, handcart

Definitions

  1. wagon, handcart

Ancestry of “Bollerwagen”, step by step

Bollerwagen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German bollern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbollernto thud
2Germanbollerinflection of bollern: ## first-person singular...
3Middle High Germanbollebud
4Old High Germanbollaround vessel, bowl
5Proto-West Germanicbollāball; bowl
6Proto-Germanicbullǭround object, ball; round vessel, bowl
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via German wägen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwägento weigh something
2Middle High Germanwāgen
3Middle High Germanwāgewave; scale
4Middle Low Germanwāgewave
5Old Saxonwagwave
6Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
7Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Germanic bullǭ