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