UrsprungFrom Old Swedish bælghia (“to swell up”), from Old Norse belgja (“to inflate”), from Proto-Germanic *balgijaną, causative of *belganą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). Compare Danish bælle.
Formerbälgar(present) · bälgade(preterite) · bälgat(supine) · bälga(imperative) · bälga(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · bälgat(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · bälga(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · bälgen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · bälgar(active, indicative, present) · bälgade(active, indicative, past) · -(indicative, passive, present) · -(indicative, passive, past) · bälga(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · bälgade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)