bålverk
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish bolverk or bulværk, from Middle Low German bolwerk. Superficially equivalent to bål (“bole; stem; sturdy plank”) + verk.
Doublet of bulevard. Cognate of German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Dutch bolwerk, English bulwark, French boulevard.
Noun
editbålverk n
Declension
editDeclension of bålverk
References
edit- bålverk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bålverk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bålverk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bålverk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)