Where does “balg” come from?

balg (Dutch) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

balg (Dutch): leather bag; bellows; fake bait for training...

Definitions

  1. leather bag; bellows; fake bait for training...

Ancestry of “balg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbalchbelly; abdomen; leather bag
2Old Dutchbalg—
3Proto-West Germanic*balgileather bag
4Proto-Germanicbalgizbag
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “balg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ- →