Where does “belg” come from?
belg (Norwegian Nynorsk) 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 Nynorsk): bellows; pod
Ancestry of “belg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | belgr | the skin taken off whole; a skin-bag, skin-case;... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | balgiz | bag |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |