boll

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • a ball; a more or less spherical object which is not hard or unyielding

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish baller, balder inherited from Old Norse bǫllr (ball, a ball, globe, glans penis, testicle) inherited from Proto-Germanic *balluz (ball) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (bubble, round thing).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰoln-

Gloss

bubble, round thing

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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