bolg
Irish (Donegal)
/ˈbˠɔlˠəɡ/, /ˈbˠɔlək/
noun
Definitions
- belly, stomach, abdomen
- (by extension) bellyful
- (geology) bulge, broad part, middle of equator, galaxy, etc.
- bag
- (nautical) hold of ship
- (nautical) bunt, belly of sail
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish bolg (bag, bellows, sack, satchel, stomach, belly) inherited from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (sack, bag, stomach, belly) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (swell, paunch, blow up, pillow, bag).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰelǵʰ-
Gloss
swell, paunch, blow up, pillow, bag
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bulga Latin
- follis Latin
- Polster German
- *bʰelǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰolnis Proto-Indo-European
- *balgijaną Proto-Germanic
- *balgiz Proto-Germanic
- *belganą Proto-Germanic
- *bulgijō Proto-Germanic
- *bulstraz Proto-Germanic
- *harduz Proto-Germanic
- abelgan Old English
- ardbholg Irish
- bolgach Irish
- bolgán Irish
- mórbholgach Irish
- bólginn Old Norse
- bólgna Old Norse
- *bolzina Proto-Slavic
- folie Old French
- hardi Old French
- bolg Old Irish
- balg Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bolgan Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bolg Manx
- bulçi Albanian
- *bolgos Proto-Celtic
- *bʰarȷ́ʰíš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- abelgan Old Saxon
- *bulā Proto-Albanian
- *barźiš- Proto-Iranian
- *bolɣ Proto-Brythonic
- *bulga Gaulish
- bolgā Gaulish