Reconstruction:Old Dutch/balco

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *balkō.

Noun edit

*balco m

beam, log

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

Middle Dutch: balke
- Dutch: balk
  - Afrikaans: balk
  - Negerhollands: balk
  - → Caribbean Javanese: baleg, balok
  - → Javanese: ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (balok)
    - → Indonesian: balok
  - → Malay: balak
    - > Indonesian: balak (inherited)
  - → Papiamentu: balki (from the diminutive)
  - → Saramaccan: báíki
  - → Sranan Tongo: barki, balk
    - → Caribbean Hindustani: barki
- Limburgish: balk