Where does “belg” come from?

belg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse belgr, from Proto-Germanic balgiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

belg (Norwegian Bokmål): bellows; pod

Definitions

  1. bellows; pod

Ancestry of “belg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebelgrthe skin taken off whole; a skin-bag, skin-case;...
2Proto-Germanicbalgizbag
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ- →