Where does “blag” come from?
blag (Antillean Creole) comes from French blague, from Dutch balg, from Middle Dutch balch, from Old Dutch balg, from Proto-West Germanic *balgi, from Proto-Germanic balgiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
blag (Antillean Creole): joke
Ancestry of “blag”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | blague | pouch; joke; a penis |
| 2 | Dutch | balg | leather bag; bellows; fake bait for training... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | balch | belly; abdomen; leather bag |
| 4 | Old Dutch | balg | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *balgi | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | balgiz | bag |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |