Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰelǵ-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰelǵ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*bʰelǵ-[1]

1. to balk, beam

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰelǵ-

• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian: *bliga
    • Albanian: bligë
  • Proto-Germanic: *balkô (see there for further descendants)
  • Ancient Greek: φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phálanx) (see there for further descendants)
  • Latin: fulciō (perhaps from variation *bʰelḱ-)
    • ⇒ Galician: refucir
    • Italian: folcire
    • Latin: *fulcius
      • →? Proto-Albanian: *fujqi
        • Albanian: fuqi
    • Spanish: fulcir
  • Sanskrit: फलक (phálaka)
    • Hindi: फलक (phalak)
    • Bengali: ফলক (phôlôk)

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN