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

Definitions

  1. to belch, vomit

Ancestry of “bolken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bolken”

Every word from Proto-Germanic belkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *balkōn →Every word from Old English bealcian →