Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/balgiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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, *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

Old English: bælg, belg, bylg, bæliġ, beliġ, byliġ
- Middle English: beli, belewe
  - Scots: belly, bally
  - English: belly, bellows
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
Old High German: balg
- Middle High German: balc
  - German: Balg
Old Norse: belgr
- Icelandic: belgur
- Norwegian: belg
- Old Swedish: bælgher
  - Swedish: bälg
- Danish: bælg
- Westrobothnian: bäli f (< belgja)
- Gutnish: bälg, bölg
- → Scots: belya, beli, bella, belja, belli
Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs)
→ Finnic: *palgeh
- Estonian: pale
- Finnish: palje
- Karelian: paleh
- Ludian: palgiž
- Votic: palgõ

References

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

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