Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bolt

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bultaz.

Noun

*bolt m

bolt arrow

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bolt
Genitive	*boltas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bolt	boltō, boltōs
Accusative	*bolt	*boltā
Genitive	*boltas	*boltō
Dative	*boltē	*boltum
Instrumental	*boltu	*boltum

Descendants

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