"bʰelǵʰ-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See bʰelǵʰ- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Root

  1. to swell Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
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    },
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    },
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        {
          "lang": "Proto-Celtic",
          "lang_code": "cel-pro",
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      ],
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      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
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      ],
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      ],
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        {
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          ],
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          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
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          ],
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          "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
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          "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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    },
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              "lang_code": "fo",
              "word": "bjølgur"
            }
          ],
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          "word": "*belguz"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
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      ],
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    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "bólozenʹ",
          "sense": "callus, bump",
          "word": "бо́лозень"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
          "word": "*bulgijō"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Latin",
              "lang_code": "la",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "Belgae"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "cel-pro",
          "sense": "swollen with anger",
          "word": "*belgos"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
          "word": "*bulstraz"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "raw_tags": [
            "inherited",
            "uncertain"
          ],
          "word": "follis"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Unsorted formations",
      "lang_code": "unknown",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰelǵʰ-",
  "pos": "root",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "to swell"
      ],
      "id": "en-bʰelǵʰ--ine-pro-root-Y5thUuU1",
      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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          "word": "*belganą"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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    },
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          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
          "word": "*balgijaną"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
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        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*bʰolǵʰ-éye-ti"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "sga",
          "word": "bolgaid"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*bʰolǵʰ-eh₂-ye-ti"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "cel-pro",
          "sense": "sack",
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        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
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        "derived"
      ],
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    },
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          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
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      ],
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      ],
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    },
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          "lang_code": "prg",
          "sense": "pillow",
          "word": "balsinis"
        }
      ],
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        "derived"
      ],
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    },
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              "lang_code": "sla-pro",
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          "sense": "support; cross-beam; cushion",
          "word": "*balźeinas"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*bʰolǵʰ-in-eh₂"
    },
    {
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        {
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            {
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                {
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                  "lang_code": "lt",
                  "sense": "saddle",
                  "word": "bal̃nas"
                }
              ],
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              "lang_code": "olt",
              "sense": "saddle",
              "word": "balgnas"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Old Prussian",
              "lang_code": "prg",
              "sense": "saddle",
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            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
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        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*bʰolǵʰ-no-s"
    },
    {
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        {
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          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
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          "word": "*belkô"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
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            "inherited",
            "uncertain"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "inherited",
            "uncertain"
          ],
          "sense": "beam",
          "word": "*bulkô"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*bʰélǵʰ-ō"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
          "raw_tags": [
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            "uncertain"
          ],
          "word": "*belkô"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "*balkô"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "inherited",
            "uncertain"
          ],
          "sense": "beam",
          "word": "*bulkô"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*bʰólǵʰ-ō ~ *bʰl̥ǵʰ-n-és"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Faroese",
              "lang_code": "fo",
              "word": "bjølgur"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
          "word": "*belguz"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*bʰelǵʰ-u-s"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "bólozenʹ",
          "sense": "callus, bump",
          "word": "бо́лозень"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
          "word": "*bulgijō"
        },
        {
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              "lang_code": "la",
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              ],
              "word": "Belgae"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "cel-pro",
          "sense": "swollen with anger",
          "word": "*belgos"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
          "word": "*bulstraz"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "raw_tags": [
            "inherited",
            "uncertain"
          ],
          "word": "follis"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "unknown",
      "raw_tags": [
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰelǵʰ-",
  "pos": "root",
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    {
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Indo-European CeRC-shaped roots",
        "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-European roots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to swell"
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bʰelǵʰ-"
}

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