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Where does “bólginn” come from?

bólginn (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic belganą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

bólginn (Old Norse): swollen

Definitions

  1. swollen

Ancestry of “bólginn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbelganąto swell
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “bólginn”

  • bollen
  • boln
  • bollen
  • bolnen
  • bólgna
  • bólgna
  • bólgna
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