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: bælg
  - Middle English: bely, beli, baly, belwe, balyw, belgh
    - 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
        → 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
- Westrobothnian: bäli f (< belgja)
- Old Swedish: bælgher
  - Swedish: bälg
- Danish: bælg
  - Norwegian Bokmål: belg
- Gutnish: bälg, bölg
- → Scots: belya, beli, bella, belja, belli
Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs)
→ Proto-Finnic: *palgeh, *palko (see there for further descendants)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*balgi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*balgi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49