Bull
Luxemburgeois
/bul/
noun
Definitions
- ball
- hot water bottle
Etymology
Derived from Old High German bolla (round vessel, bowl) derived from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (ball, bowl, shell, round object, round vessel, round object vessel).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bullǭ
Gloss
ball, bowl, shell, round object, round vessel, round object vessel
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鉢, 丼
Emoji
⚽️ ⚾️ ⛳️ ⛹️ ⛹️♀️ ⛹️♂️ 🍙 🎊 🎱 🎳 🎾 🏀 🏈 🏉 🏌️ 🏏 🏐 🏑 🏓 🔮 🤾 🥍 🥎 🧶
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Super Bowl English
- bowl English
- bowler English
- bowlful English
- bowllike English
- dustbowl English
- embowl English
- fishbowl English
- nutbowl English
- outbowl English
- punchbowl English
- rice bowl English
- slop-bowl English
- swill-bowl English
- tea bowl English
- teabowl English
- toilet bowl English
- washbowl English
- Bolle German
- Bowle German
- cipolla Italian
- bloembol Dutch, Flemish
- bol Dutch, Flemish
- bolbliksem Dutch, Flemish
- bolcoördinaten Dutch, Flemish
- bolhoed Dutch, Flemish
- bolhoop Dutch, Flemish
- bollenveld Dutch, Flemish
- bolpapaver Dutch, Flemish
- bolrond Dutch, Flemish
- bolvormig Dutch, Flemish
- bolwassing Dutch, Flemish
- bolwerk Dutch, Flemish
- bolworm Dutch, Flemish
- bowlen Dutch, Flemish
- hemelbol Dutch, Flemish
- krentenbol Dutch, Flemish
- krullenbol Dutch, Flemish
- losbol Dutch, Flemish
- oliebol Dutch, Flemish
- oogbol Dutch, Flemish
- ragebol Dutch, Flemish
- slaapbol Dutch, Flemish
- smoutebol Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwbol Dutch, Flemish
- tulpenbol Dutch, Flemish
- vuurbol Dutch, Flemish
- wereldbol Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰln- Proto-Indo-European
- *bullǭ Proto-Germanic
- bulle Swedish
- ボウル Japanese
- bulwa Polish
- bolle Old English
- bolle Middle English
- bolli Old Norse
- bowle Danish
- bovlo Esperanto
- bol Middle Dutch
- bolla Old High German
- bole Latvian
- bòl Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bolle Middle High German
- bolwerc Middle High German
- *bollā gmw-pro
- *bolla Old Dutch
- bolla Old Frisian