Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bulgijō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbul.ɣi.jɔː/

Noun

*bulgijō f

wave, billow
Synonyms: *hraznō, *unþī, *wallijǭ, *wēgaz

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *bulgijō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bulgijō	*bulgijôz
vocative	*bulgijō	*bulgijôz
accusative	*bulgijǭ	*bulgijōz
genitive	*bulgijōz	*bulgijǫ̂
dative	*bulgijōi	*bulgijōmaz
instrumental	*bulgijō	*bulgijōmiz

Descendants

Middle Low German: bulge
- Low German: bülge
Middle High German: bulga
Old Norse: bylgja
- Icelandic: bylgja
- Faroese: bylgja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bylgja, bylgju, bylgje, bølgje; (dialectal) bulgje
- Swedish: bölja
- Danish: bølge
  - Norwegian Bokmål: bølge
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: bølge
- → Middle English: *bilowe, *bilewe, *bilwe, *bilȝe
  - English: billow

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