Swedish bolster

← German Polster (cognate)

← English bolster (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *bulstraz (inherited)

← Old Swedish bulster (inherited)

← Old Swedish bolster (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (derived)

← Icelandic bólstur (cognate)

← Dutch bolster (cognate)

← Old Norse bólstr (inherited)

← Old Norse bulstr (mention)

→ English bolster (cognate)

→ German Polster (cognate)

→ Finnish polsteri (borrowed)

→ Icelandic bólstur (mention)

→ Northern Sami bolsttar (borrowed)

→ Swedish bälg (doublet)