Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/balkô

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑl.kɔːː/

Noun edit

*balkô m

beam, balk

Inflection edit

masculine an-stemDeclension of *balkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*balkô	*balkaniz
vocative	*balkô	*balkaniz
accusative	*balkanų	*balkanunz
genitive	*balkiniz	*balkanǫ̂
dative	*balkini	*balkammaz
instrumental	*balkinē	*balkammiz

Related terms edit

*balkuz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *balkō, *balk
- Old English: bælca, bealca
- Old Frisian: balka
  - Saterland Frisian: Boolke
  - West Frisian: balke
- Old Saxon: balko
  - Middle Low German: balke
    - Plautdietsch: Baulkjen
    - → Estonian: palk
- Old Dutch: *balco
  - 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
- Old High German: balko, balcho, palcho, balco
  - Middle High German: balke
    - German: Balken
      - → Old Polish: belka
        Polish: belka
- Lombardic: palk
  - → Italian: palco
- → Medieval Latin: balcō [c. 1040, Goscelin] (see there for further descendants)
Old Norse: bǫlkr (< *balkuz)
- Icelandic: bálkur
- Faroese: bólkur
- Norwegian Bokmål: bolk
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bolk
- Old Swedish: balker, bolker
  - Swedish: balk
    - → Finnish: palkki
- Danish: balk
- → Old English: balca, bealca, bælca
  - Middle English: balke, bauke
    - English: balk
    - Scots: bauk
    - Yola: balke
Old Norse: bjalki (< *belkô)
- Icelandic: bjálki
- Faroese: bjálki
- Norwegian Bokmål: bjelke
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bjelke
- Old Swedish: biælke
  - Swedish: bjälke
- Danish: bjælke
>? Old Norse: *bjalk (< *belkō)