English bolster

← Old English bolster (inherited)

← German Polster (cognate)

← Middle English bolster (inherited)

← Middle English bolstre (mention)

← West Frisian bulster (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *bulstraz (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *bulstrą (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (root)

← Icelandic bólstur (cognate)

← Dutch bolster (cognate)

← Scots bowster (cognate)

← Swedish bolster (cognate)

→ English shore (link)

→ English bolsterer (suffix)

→ English remound (link)

→ English bolstereth (suffix)

→ English rebolster (prefix)

→ English embolster (affix)

→ German Polster (cognate)

→ Icelandic bólstur (mention)

→ Saterland Frisian Bulster (link)

→ Swedish bolster (cognate)