Where does “bŏlka” come from?

bŏlka (Silesian) comes from Proto-Turkic balka, from German Balken, from Old High German balko, from Proto-West Germanic balkō, from Proto-Germanic balkô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵ- — to balk, beam.

bŏlka (Silesian): beam

Definitions

  1. beam

Ancestry of “bŏlka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicbalkahammer
2GermanBalkenbeam, crossbeam; bar; beam
3Old High Germanbalkobeam
4Proto-West Germanicbalkōbeam, balk
5Proto-Germanicbalkôbeam, balk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵ-to balk, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic balkô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic balkō →