Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/balkijan

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 *belkaną. Related to Proto-West Germanic *bellan, *bulgijan, and *balkōn.

Verb

*balkijan

to bellow, roar

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*balkijan
1st sg. past	*balkidā
Infinitive	*balkijan
Genitive infin.	*balkijannjas
Dative infin.	*balkijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*balkijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*balkiju	*balkidā
2nd singular	*balkisi	balkidēs, balkidōs
3rd singular	*balkiþi	balkidē, balkidā
1st plural	*balkijum	*balkidum
2nd plural	*balkiþ	*balkidud
3rd plural	*balkijanþ	*balkidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*balkijē	*balkidī
2nd singular	*balkijēs	*balkidī
3rd singular	*balkijē	*balkidī
1st plural	*balkijēm	*balkidīm
2nd plural	*balkijēþ	*balkidīd
3rd plural	*balkijēn	*balkidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*balki
Plural	*balkiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*balkijandī	*balkid

Descendants

Old English: bielċan
- Middle English: belchen
  - English: belch
Old Saxon: *belkian
- Middle Low German: belken
  - Low German: belken
Old Dutch: belken
- Middle Dutch: belken, belleken

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bulgjan- ~ *bulkjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 83: “*balkjan-”