köken: From Middle High German balke, from Old High German balko, balcho, from Proto-West Germanic *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Compare English balk.
köken: Some compound, the first component of which is first attested as Middle Korean 혀〮 (hyé) in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 23:78a, 1459, and subsequently also as Middle Korean 셔〮 (syé) in the Beophwagyeong eonhae (法華經諺解 / 법화경언해), 2:104a, 1463. In compounded form, first attested as Early Modern Korean 혓가래 (hyeskalay) in the Baktongsa'eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677, and subsequently also as Early…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *balkô Proto-West Germanic *balkō Old High German balko Middle High German balkebor. Old Polish balka Polish belka Inherited from Old Polish balka, with an unexpected shift of a > e first occurring in the 16th century. Compare Kashubian balka and Slovincian balka. Doublet of balkon.
köken: From Proto-Italic *trabs, from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“wooden beam”). Cognate with Lithuanian troba, Dutch dorp, German Dorf, English thorp and English troop. Doublet of troppus.