Where does “boll” come from?

boll (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish balder, from Old Norse bǫllr, from Proto-Germanic balluz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

boll (Swedish): a ball; a more or less spherical object which is...

Definitions

  1. a ball; a more or less spherical object which is...

Ancestry of “boll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishbalder—
2Old Norsebǫllrround object, sphere, ball; testicle
3Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “boll”

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