bolk

The story

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

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

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