Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/balkō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balkô.

Noun

*balkō m[1]

beam, balk

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*balkō
Genitive	balkini, balkan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*balkō	*balkan
Accusative	*balkan	*balkan
Genitive	balkini, balkan	*balkanō
Dative	balkini, balkan	*balkum
Instrumental	balkini, balkan	*balkum

Alternative reconstructions

*balk[2]

Descendants

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
    - Kashubian: balka
    - → Old Polish: belka
      - Polish: belka
Lombardic: palk
- → Italian: palco
→ Medieval Latin: balcō [c. 1040, Goscelin] (see there for further descendants)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*balko”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 15/1: Germanismes: A–Bryman, page 35
Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (balc)

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[1] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*balko”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 15/1: Germanismes: A–Bryman, page 35

[2] Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (balc)