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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/balkô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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/

Noun

*balkô m

  1. beam, balk

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
  • *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
    • Medieval Latin: balcō [c. 1040, Goscelin] (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: bǫlkr (< *balkuz)
  • Old Norse: bjalki (< *belkô)
  • >? Old Norse: *bjalk (< *belkō)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*belkan- ~ *balkan- ~ *bulkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 58
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