boak

boak · verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*belkaną“to belch”
2. Old English · inherited frombealcian“to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth”
3. Middle English · inherited frombolken“to belch, vomit”
4. English todayboak

From Middle English bolken (“to belch, vomit”), from Old English bealcian (“to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth”), from Proto-Germanic *belkaną (“to belch”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Dutch balken and bulken (“to bellow”), German bölken (“to roar”). See also belch.

Boak · proper noun²

Scottish surname, probably related to boak (“ridge”).

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