*balgiz

Runic: ᛒᚨᛚᚷᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑl.ɣiz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

bag

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰolǵʰ-i-s, from *bʰelǵʰ- (‘to swell’). Compare Persian بالش (bâleš, ‘pillow’) and Old Irish bolg (‘belly, stomach, bag, bellows’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.balgizbalgīz
Acc.balgįbalginz
Gen.balgīzbalgijǫ̂
Dat.balgībalgimaz
Inst.balgībalgimiz
Voc.balgibalgīz

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Descendants

  • *balgi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *balg (Old Dutch)
      • balch (Middle Dutch)
        • balg (Dutch)
  • *balgi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bielġ, belġ, bæliġ, beliġ, bylg, byliġ, bælġ (Old English)
      • bely, beli, baly, balyw, belgh, belwe, belu (Middle English)
        • belly, ballow, bellows (English)
        • belly, bally (Scots)
  • *balgi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • balg (Old Frisian)
      • Balch (Saterland Frisian)
      • bealch, balge (West Frisian)
  • *balgi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • balg (Old High German)
      • balc (Middle High German)
        • Balg (German)
  • *balgi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • balg (Old Saxon)
      • balch (Middle Low German)
        • Balg (Low German)
        • Baulch (Plautdietsch)
  • belgr (Old Norse)
    • bjølgur (Faroese)
    • bälg, bölg (Gutnish)
    • belgur (Icelandic)
    • belg, bæg’e, balg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • belya, beli, bella, belja, belli (Scots)
  • belgr (Old Norse)
    • bælg (Danish)
      • belg (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • belgr (Old Norse)
    • bælgher, ᛒᛅᛚᚵᚼᚽᚱ (Old Swedish)
      • bälg (Swedish)
  • 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs) (Gothic)
  • *palgëh, *palko (Proto-Finnic)

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