Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/balgiz

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

Alternative forms

• *balguz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑl.ɣiz/

Noun

*balgiz m

1. bag

   Synonyms: *keudō, *malhō, *pukô, *pungô, *pusô, *seudaz

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *balgiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*balgiz	*balgīz
vocative	*balgi	*balgīz
accusative	*balgį	*balginz
genitive	*balgīz	*balgijǫ̂
dative	*balgī	*balgimaz
instrumental	*balgī	*balgimiz

Derived terms

• *matibalgiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *balgi
  • Old English: bielġ, belġ, bæliġ, beliġ, bylg, byliġ, bælġ
    • Middle English: bely, beli, baly, balyw, belgh, belwe, belu
      • English: belly, ballow, bellows
      • Scots: belly, bally
      • Yola: bellee, belooze
    • Middle English: bely, beli, baly, balyw, belgh, belwe, belu
      • English: belly, ballow, bellows
      • Scots: belly, bally
      • Yola: bellee, belooze
  • Old Frisian: balg
    • Saterland Frisian: Balch
    • West Frisian: bealch, balge
  • Old Saxon: balg
    • Middle Low German: balch
      • German Low German: Balg
      • Plautdietsch: Baulch
  • Old Dutch: *balg
    • Middle Dutch: balch
      • Dutch: balg
        • → French: blague, blaque (obsolete)
          • → Italian: blaga, → blague
          • → Polish: blaga
  • Old High German: balg
    • Middle High German: balc
      • German: Balg
• Old Norse: belgr
  • Icelandic: belgur
  • Faroese: bjølgur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: belg; (dialectal) bæg’e, balg
  • Old Swedish: bælgher, ᛒᛅᛚᚵᚼᚽᚱ
    • Swedish: bälg
  • Danish: bælg
    • Norwegian Bokmål: belg
  • Gutnish: bälg, bölg
  • → Scots: belya, beli, bella, belja, belli
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs)
• → Proto-Finnic: *palgëh, *palko (see there for further descendants)