bølgje
Norwegian Nynorsk
/²bœljə/
noun
Definitions
- a wave (moving disturbance, undulation)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse bylgja inherited from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (swell, paunch, blow up, pillow, bag), *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
Kanji
枕
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- billow English
- billoweth English
- billowy English
- embillow English
- bulga Latin
- follis Latin
- Polster German
- *bʰelǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰolnis Proto-Indo-European
- bølge Norwegian Bokmål
- *balgijaną Proto-Germanic
- *balgiz Proto-Germanic
- *belganą Proto-Germanic
- *bulgijō Proto-Germanic
- *bulstraz Proto-Germanic
- *harduz Proto-Germanic
- bölja Swedish
- bylgje Norwegian Nynorsk
- bølge Norwegian Nynorsk
- flod Norwegian Nynorsk
- flodbølgje Norwegian Nynorsk
- abelgan Old English
- *bilowe Middle English
- bylgja Old Norse
- bólginn Old Norse
- bólgna Old Norse
- bovbølge Danish
- bølge Danish
- bølgeblik Danish
- bølgebryder Danish
- bølgefunktion Danish
- *bolzina Proto-Slavic
- folie Old French
- hardi Old French
- bylgja Icelandic
- bolg Old Irish
- Bylgja Faroese
- bylgja Faroese
- *bolgos Proto-Celtic
- *bʰarȷ́ʰíš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- abelgan Old Saxon
- *bulā Proto-Albanian
- *barźiš- Proto-Iranian