Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “chokladboll” come from?

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

chokladboll (Swedish): a kind of confectionary with oatmeal, cocoa, and...

Definitions

  1. a kind of confectionary with oatmeal, cocoa, and...

Ancestry of “chokladboll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbolla ball; a more or less spherical object which is...
2Old Swedishbalder—
3Old Norsebǫllrround object, sphere, ball; testicle
4Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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