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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/balkô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”). However, in light of Winter's law as applied to Balto-Slavic cognates such as Proto-Slavic *bolzìna (“beam, board”) and Lithuanian balžíenas (“cross-beam”), Kroonen prefers to derive the root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-on-, from *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”), and notes relation to Proto-Germanic *balgiz (“bag”) in spite of the divergent semantics.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑl.kɔːː/
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *balkô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *balkô | *balkaniz | |
| vocative | *balkô | *balkaniz | |
| accusative | *balkanų | *balkanunz | |
| genitive | *balkiniz | *balkanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *balkini | *balkammaz | |
| instrumental | *balkinē | *balkammiz | |
Related terms
- *balkuz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *balkō, *balk
- Old English: bælca, bealca
- Old Frisian: balka
- Saterland Frisian: Boolke
- West Frisian: balke
- Old Saxon: balko
- Old Dutch: *balco
- Old High German: balko, balcho, palcho, balco
- Lombardic: palk
- → Italian: palco
- → Medieval Latin: balcō [c. 1040, Goscelin] (see there for further descendants)
- Old Norse: bǫlkr (< *balkuz)
- Old Norse: bjalki (< *belkô)
- >? Old Norse: *bjalk (< *belkō)
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