Where does “bellows” come from?
Bellows comes from Middle English belwen, from Old English bylgian, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, ultimately tracing to the same root meaning to swell or blow.
bellows (English): A device for delivering pressurized air in a...
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- A device for delivering pressurized air in a...
Ancestry of “bellows”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | belwes | — |
| 2 | Old English | bæliġ | bag, pouch, bulge; bag, purse, leathern bottle,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | balgiz | bag |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
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