böllur
Icelandic
/ˈpœtlʏr/
noun
Definitions
- (vulgar) penis, cock, prick
- (rare) scrotum, balls
- (obsolete) ball
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse bǫllr (ball, a ball, globe, glans penis, testicle) derived from Proto-Germanic *balluz (ball) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bholn- (a bubble), *bhel- (swell, inflate, blow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bhel-
Gloss
swell, inflate, blow
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bhel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bholn- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰoln- Proto-Indo-European
- ball Norwegian Bokmål
- *balluz Proto-Germanic
- *balþį̄ Proto-Germanic
- ball Norwegian Nynorsk
- *beall Old English
- bǫllr Old Norse
- bold Danish
- böllóttur Icelandic
- bal Old High German
- balla Faroese
- *bal Old Dutch
- *ballo- Proto-Celtic
- ball Old Saxon
- baller, balder Old Swedish
- balmäs Westrobothnian
- *ball Frankish
- *bal Old Frisian
- *palla lng