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

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)