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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/balwaz

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

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related to Old Church Slavonic болѣти (bolěti, to be sick, be in pain), Cornish bal (disease).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑl.wɑz/

Adjective

*balwaz

  1. sick
  2. bad, evil, wicked
  3. torturous, painful, agonising

Inflection


Descendants

References

  1. Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), baldadig”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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