Where does “Balch” come from?

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

Balch (Saterland Frisian): bellows

Definitions

  1. bellows

Ancestry of “Balch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianbalg—
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- →