Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAs much as is held by a bowl. · A dish comprising a mix of different foods served in a bowl, usually named after the base ingredient at the bottom or after a different dish that it simulates. · The non-mesh outer-container part of a salad spinner. · The round container surface of a mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle).
From Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, bolle (“bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“ball, round vessel, bowl”). Cognate with North Frisian bol (“bun, bread roll”), Middle Low German bolle, bole (“round object”), Dutch bol (“ball, sphere, scoop, dot”), German Bolle (“bulb”), Danish bolle (“bowl, bread roll”), Icelandic bolli (“cup”). Doublet of boule and pulla.
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- Root classification mention*bʰel-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionbolleenm
- Inherited-form mentionbollaang
- Inherited-form mention*bollāgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*bullǭgem-pro
- Cognate mentionbolfrr
- Cognate mentionbollegml
- Cognate mentionbolnl
- Cognate mentionBollede
- Cognate mentionbolleda
- Cognate mentionbolliis
- Doublet mentionbouleen
- Doublet mentionpullaen
This page abbreviates 18 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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"As much as is held by a bowl.",
"A dish comprising a mix of different foods served in a bowl, usually named after the base ingredient at the bottom or after a different dish that it simulates.",
"The non-mesh outer-container part of a salad spinner.",
"The round container surface of a mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle)."
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