Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly. · To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn instance of belching; the sound that it makes. · Malt liquor.
From Middle English belchen, from Old English bielċan, from Proto-Germanic *balkijaną, *belkaną, probably ultimately of imitative origin. Related to Dutch balken (“to bray”), Middle Low German belken (“to shout”), Low German bölken (“to shout, bark”), Old English bealċettan (“to utter, send forth”). See also English bolk, boak.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionbelchenenm
- Inherited-form mentionbielċanang
- Inherited-form mention*balkijanągem-pro
- Cognate mentionbalkennl · to bray
- Cognate mentionbelkengml · to shout
- Cognate mentionbölkennds · to shout, bark
- Cognate mentionbealċettanang · to utter, send forth
- Cognate mentionbolken
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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