Where does “hersenbalk” come from?

hersenbalk (Dutch) comes from Dutch balk, from Middle Dutch balke, from Old Dutch balco, from Proto-West Germanic balkō, from Proto-Germanic balkô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵ- — to balk, beam.

hersenbalk (Dutch): corpus callosum

Definitions

  1. corpus callosum

Ancestry of “hersenbalk”, step by step

hersenbalk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch balk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchbalkA beam, solid support; A cuboid; A section, icon...
2Middle Dutchbalkebeam
3Old Dutchbalcobeam, log
4Proto-West Germanicbalkōbeam, balk
5Proto-Germanicbalkôbeam, balk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵ-to balk, beam

via Dutch hersenen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhersenenbrain
2Middle Dutchhersene—
3Proto-Germanichirznijąbrain
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂s-head; hornet
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-head, top; horn
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