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
Ancestry of “hersenbalk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | balk | A beam, solid support; A cuboid; A section, icon... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | balke | beam |
| 3 | Old Dutch | balco | beam, log |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | balkō | beam, balk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | balkô | beam, balk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵ- | to balk, beam |