Proto-Indo-European

*bʰelǵ-

‘beam, plank’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ-.

23 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ-, most familiar first.

• block ← blok ← bloc ← blok ← *blok
• bulk ← búlki ← *bulkô
• balcony ← balcone ← balcō ← *balkō ← *balkô
• plank ← planke ← planca ← palanca ← phalanga
• phalanx ← φᾰ́λᾰγξ
• fulcrum ← fulciō
• balk ← balke ← balca ← *balkō ← *balkô
• phalanges ← φᾰ́λᾰγξ
• planche ← planca ← palanca ← phalanga ← φάλαγξ
• phalange ← phalanx ← φάλαγξ
• planchet ← planchette ← planche ← planche ← planca
• debauch ← desbaucher ← desbauchier ← bauch ← *balkō

More words from *bʰelǵ-

• balcon
• planchette
• plancha
• phalangeal
• balconing
• falaka
• falanghina
• phalanger
• phalangite
• phalangal
• sufflaminate

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ-