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Where does “balc” come from?

balc (Middle High German) comes from Old High German balg, from Proto-Germanic balgiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “balc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbalg—
2Proto-Germanicbalgizbag
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “balc”

  • Balg
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