Where does “belchen” come from?

belchen (Middle English) comes from Old English bielċan, from Proto-West Germanic *balkijan, from Proto-Germanic belkaną — to belch.

Ancestry of “belchen”, step by step

belchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English bielċan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbielċanto burp, throw up
2Proto-West Germanic*balkijanto bellow, roar
3Proto-Germanicbelkanąto belch

via Middle High German belche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbelche—

Words derived from “belchen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic belkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *balkijan →Every word from Old English bielċan →