Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bultaz

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

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeld- (“to knock, strike”). Cf. Lithuanian beldu (“I knock”), baldas (“pole for striking”).

Noun

*bultaz m

bolt

Inflection

Declension of *bultaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bultaz	bultōz, bultōs
vocative	*bult	bultōz, bultōs
accusative	*bultą	*bultanz
genitive	bultas, bultis	*bultǫ̂
dative	*bultai	*bultamaz
instrumental	*bultō	*bultamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *bolt
- Old English: bolt
  - Middle English: bolt
    - English: bolt
      - → Irish: bolta
      - → Japanese: ボルト (boruto)
      - → Maltese: bolt
      - → Russian: болт (bolt)
        → Azerbaijani: bolt
        → Ingrian: boltta
      - → Scottish Gaelic: bolta
    - → Welsh: bollt
- Old Frisian: bolt
  - West Frisian: bout
- Old Saxon: bolt
  - Middle Low German: bolte
    - German Low German: Bolt (Baltic)
      - → Estonian: polt
    - → Danish: bolt
      - → Faroese: boltur
    - → Latvian: bulta
    - → Middle Norwegian: boltr
      - Norwegian: bolt
    - → Swedish: bult
      - → Finnish: pultti
- Old Dutch: *bolt
  - Middle Dutch: bout
    - Dutch: bout
      - Afrikaans: bout
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: bauta
      - → Caribbean Hindustani: bowtu
      - → Indonesian: baut
      - → Papiamentu: bout
      - → Sranan Tongo: bowtu (shank)
      - → Sranan Tongo: bowtu (bolt)
- Old High German: bolz
  - Middle High German: bolz
    - German: Bolz, Bolzen
Old Norse: boltr, bolti
- Icelandic: bolti
- Faroese: bóltur
- Norwegian: bolt
- Swedish: bult
- Danish: bolt