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Where does “bealcian” come from?

bealcian (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *balkōn, from Proto-Germanic belkaną — to belch.

bealcian (Old English): to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out,...

Definitions

  1. to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out,...

Ancestry of “bealcian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*balkōn—
2Proto-Germanicbelkanąto belch

Words derived from “bealcian”

  • bowk
  • bolk
  • bolken
  • bulken
  • balken
Every word from Proto-Germanic belkaną →