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Where does “balken” come from?

balken (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch balken.

balken (Dutch): to bray, make a donkey's sound; to utter asinine...

Definitions

  1. to bray, make a donkey's sound; to utter asinine...

Ancestry of “balken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbalken—

Words derived from “balken”

  • huilebalk
Every word from Middle Dutch balken →