Where does “bolken” come from?
bolken (Middle English) comes from Old English bealcian, from Proto-West Germanic *balkōn, from Proto-Germanic belkaną — to belch.
bolken (Middle English): to belch, vomit
Ancestry of “bolken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | bealcian | to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out,... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *balkōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | belkaną | to belch |
Words derived from “bolken”