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Where does “balg” come from?

balg (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic balgiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “balg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbalgizbag
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “balg”

  • Balch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →