bolster
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈbɔl.stər/
noun
Definitions
- a bur, a spiny cupule, often of a chestnut
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch bolster inherited from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (swell, paunch, blow up, pillow, bag).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰelǵʰ-
Gloss
swell, paunch, blow up, pillow, bag
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bolster English
- bolsterer English
- bolstereth English
- embolster English
- rebolster English
- polsteri Finnish
- bulga Latin
- follis Latin
- Polster German
- *bʰelǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰolnis Proto-Indo-European
- *balgijaną Proto-Germanic
- *balgiz Proto-Germanic
- *belganą Proto-Germanic
- *bulgijō Proto-Germanic
- *bulstraz Proto-Germanic
- *harduz Proto-Germanic
- bolster Swedish
- abelgan Old English
- bolster Old English
- bolster Middle English
- bulstr Old Norse
- bólginn Old Norse
- bólgna Old Norse
- bólstr Old Norse
- *bolzina Proto-Slavic
- folie Old French
- hardi Old French
- bolster Middle Dutch
- bolg Old Irish
- *bolgos Proto-Celtic
- *bʰarȷ́ʰíš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- abelgan Old Saxon
- bolsttar Northern Sami
- bulster Old Swedish
- *bulster Old Frisian
- *bulā Proto-Albanian
- *barźiš- Proto-Iranian