Where does “balke” come from?

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

balke (Middle High German): beam, balk

Definitions

  1. beam, balk

Ancestry of “balke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbalkobeam
2Proto-West Germanicbalkōbeam, balk
3Proto-Germanicbalkôbeam, balk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵ-to balk, beam

Words derived from “balke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic balkô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic balkō →