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. to balk, beam

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰelǵ-‎ (4 c, 0 e)

• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian: *bliga
    • Albanian: bligë
  • Proto-Germanic: *balkô (see there for further descendants)
  • Ancient Greek: φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phálanx) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *fulkjō
    • 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 (pholok)