Where does “torrboll” come from?
torrboll (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-.
torrboll (Swedish): a dull, boring, humorless person; a bore
Definitions
- a dull, boring, humorless person; a bore
Ancestry of “torrboll”, step by step
torrboll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish boll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | boll | a ball; a more or less spherical object which is... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | balder | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | bǫllr | round object, sphere, ball; testicle |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |