Where does “bowk” come from?

bowk (English) comes from Middle English bolken, from Old English bealcian, from Proto-West Germanic *balkōn, from Proto-Germanic belkaną — to belch.

bowk (English): To belch, to burp; To vomit

Definitions

  1. To belch, to burp; To vomit

Ancestry of “bowk”, step by step

bowk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English bolken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbolkento belch, vomit
2Old Englishbealcianto belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out,...
3Proto-West Germanic*balkōnto bellow, roar
4Proto-Germanicbelkanąto belch

via Old English bealċan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbealċan—
Every word from Proto-Germanic belkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *balkōn →Every word from Old English bealcian →