Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*balgiz
3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *balgiz, most common first.
- bellyThe abdomen (especially a fat one).
- bellowsA device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
- ballowRound; pot-bellied.