The story
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰelǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰólǵʰ-o-s
- Proto-Celtic*bolgos
- Gaulishbolgā
- Latinbulga
- Old Northern Frenchboulge
- Middle Englishbulge
- English todaybulge
From Middle English bulge (“leather bag; hump”), from Old Northern French boulge (“leather bag”), from Late Latin bulga (“leather sack”), from Gaulish *bulga, *bulgos, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”). Cognate with bilge, belly, bellows, budget, French bouge, German Balg, etc. Doublet of budge, and from the same root as belly and bellows. See also budget.
Words from the same roots
Late Latinbulga all →
budgetbungbolgia
Proto-Celtic*bolgos all →
bungbolgia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.