balch

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch balg, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz.

Noun

balch m

1. belly
2. abdomen
3. leather bag
4. bellows
5. skin, peel (of fruits)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: balg

Further reading

• “balch”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “balch”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN