bolk

Significat (English)

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

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: bolken

Inherited from anglès antic: bealcian

Cognate with neerlandès: balken

Cognate with alemany: 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.