Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰelǵ-

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*bʰelǵ-[note 1]

  1. to balk, beam

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰelǵ-‎ (4 c, 0 e)
  • *bʰélǵ-mn̥ ~ *bʰl̥ǵ-mén-s
    • Proto-Italic: *flagmen
  • *bʰélǵ-ō, *bʰólǵ-ō
  • Unsorted formations:
variant *bʰelḱ-?[note 1]
  • *bʰl̥ḱ-yé-ti
    • Proto-Italic: *folkjō
      • Latin: fulciō (“to prop up, support”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰl̥ḱ-eh₂-
    • Proto-Hellenic: *pʰə́lkās
      • >? Ancient Greek: φάλκης (phálkēs, “rib of a ship? (= beam, crossbar?); *gunwale”)[note 3] (see there for further descendants)

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Palatovelar assumed based on purported connection to the Balto-Slavic words that are more accurately from *bʰelǵʰ- (see note 2).
  2. ^ Alternatively from *bʰelǵʰ- with devoicing due to Kluge's law followed by degemination (cf. Kroonen (2013)); this is preferred based on nouns in Balto-Slavic, listed at *bʰelǵʰ-, which have similar meanings but do not display the effects of Winter's law that would be expected from *bʰelǵ-.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Almost certainly of Pre-Greek origin rather than inherited (Beekes (2010)). Relation to the other words would require a widespread substrate family of words or a wanderwort; compare Sanskrit फलक (phálaka).

References

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*bʰelk- ‘stützen’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 74

Further reading

  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “5. bhel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 122–123
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φάλαγξ, -αγγος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1548–1549
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*belkan- ~ *balkan- ~ *bulkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 58
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