bolster
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English bolster, bolstre, from Old English bolster (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz (“pillow, cushion”). Cognate with Scots bowster (“bolster”), West Frisian bulster (“mattress”), Dutch bolster (“husk, shell”), German Polster (“bolster, pillow, pad”), Swedish bolster (“soft mattress, bolster”), Icelandic bólstur (“pillow”).
bolster (plural bolsters)
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bolster (third-person singular simple present bolsters, present participle bolstering, simple past and past participle bolstered)
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From Middle Dutch bolster, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
bolster m (plural bolsters, diminutive bolstertje n)
From Old English bolster, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz.
bolster (plural bolsters)
From Proto-Germanic *bulstraz.
bolster m
From Old Swedish bulster, bolster, from Old Norse bólstr, bulstr, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“bag, pillow, paunch”).
bolster n
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