Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “bielċan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “bielċan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bielċan”

  • belch
  • belcher
  • belchy
  • inbelch
  • belchen
Every word from Proto-Germanic belkaną →