bælg

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse belgr, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz (“bag”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Noun

bælg c (singular definite bælgen, plural indefinite bælge)

  1. pod
  2. bellows

Declension

Declension of bælg
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bælg bælgen bælge bælgene
genitive bælgs bælgens bælges bælgenes

Further reading

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bælj/, [bæɫj]

Noun

bælġ m

  1. alternative form of bielġ

Descendants

  • Middle English: bely, beli, baly, balyw, belgh, belwe, belu
    • English: belly, ballow, bellows
    • Scots: belly, bally
    • Yola: bellee, belooze
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