Where does “Balke” come from?

Balke (Hunsrik) comes from Middle High German balke, from Old High German balko, from Proto-West Germanic balkō, from Proto-Germanic balkô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵ- — to balk, beam.

Balke (Hunsrik): beam

Definitions

  1. beam

Ancestry of “Balke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbalkebeam, balk
2Old High Germanbalkobeam
3Proto-West Germanicbalkōbeam, balk
4Proto-Germanicbalkôbeam, balk
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵ-to balk, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic balkô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic balkō →
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