Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/balgiz
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *balguz
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑl.ɣiz/
Noun
*balgiz m[1]
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *balgiz | *balgīz |
| vocative | *balgi | *balgīz |
| accusative | *balgį | *balginz |
| genitive | *balgīz | *balgijǫ̂ |
| dative | *balgī | *balgimaz |
| instrumental | *balgī | *balgimiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *balgi
- Old Norse: belgr
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs)
- → Proto-Finnic: *palgëh, *palko (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*balgi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49