Boll

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See also: boll, bòll, Bøll, bøll, Böll, and böll

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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  • As a Danish and German surname, from Danish Bøll, German Böll.
  • Also as a German surname, from the personal name Baldo (see Bold). Compare Boell.
  • As an English surname, variant of Bull.
  • Also as an English surname, from the noun bowl. Compare Bowler.
  • As a Scottish surname, variant of Boyle.

Proper noun

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Boll (plural Bolls)

  1. A surname from the Germanic languages.
    1. A surname from German.
    2. A surname from Danish.

Further reading

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German Low German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German bolle, from Old Saxon bollo, from Proto-Germanic *bullô, *bullǭ. More at bowl.

Noun

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Boll m (plural Bollen)

  1. bun; roll
  2. (botany) bulb

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German bolle, from Old High German bolla, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ.

The sense “bowl” is inherited in many dialects of Central Franconian and even further east in Hessian Rhine Franconian. Therefore there is no reason to consider it a borrowing from French bol, which is itself a rather late borrowing from English.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Boll f (plural Bollen)

  1. bowl, dish
  2. ladle

Plautdietsch

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German bulle, from Old Saxon *bulo, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.

Noun

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Boll m (plural Bulls)

  1. bull