The story
- Old Norse · derived frombalkr“beam”
- English todayBalke
* As a German surname, from Balken (“beam”). Also a spelling variant of Balk. * As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse balkr (“beam”), a doublet of the above.
Words from the same roots
Old Norsebalkr all →
bulkheadbalk
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.