bolk

Betekenis (English)

1. To belch.
2. To vomit; retch.
3. To heave.
4. To gush out.
5. To belch out; give vent to; ejaculate.

Etimologie (English)

Inherited from Middle English: bolken

Inherited from Old English: bealcian

Cognate with Nederlands: balken

Cognate with Duits: bölken

In summary

From Middle English bolken, balken (“to vomit, overflow”), from Old English bealcian (“to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth”), from Proto-Germanic *balkōną, *belkaną (“to belch”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Dutch balken, bulken (“to bellow”), German bölken (“to roar”). See also belch.