Where does “boltr” come from?

boltr (Middle Norwegian) comes from Low German bolt, from Middle Low German bolte, from Old Saxon bolt, from Proto-West Germanic bolt, from Proto-Germanic bultaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeld- — to knock, strike.

boltr (Middle Norwegian): bolt

Definitions

  1. bolt

Ancestry of “boltr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germanbolt—
2Middle Low Germanboltebolt
3Old Saxonbolt—
4Proto-West Germanicboltbolt arrow
5Proto-Germanicbultazbolt
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeld-to knock, strike

Words derived from “boltr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeld- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bultaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bolt →