Proto-Germanic: *bilkēn, *balkēn, *balkō, *balku-z, *bulk=, ? *blakk=, *bluk(k)=
Meaning: beam
Old Norse: bjalki m. `Balken', balk-r, bɔlk-r m. `Scheidewand, Abteilung'
Norwegian: bjelke `Balken'; bolk `Scheidewand, Abteilung'
Old Swedish: black `Block als Strafgerät'
Swedish: bjelke `Balken', balk `Scheidewand, Abteilung', block `Balken, Baumstamm, Klumpen'
Danish: bjälke `Balken', dial. balk `Scheidewand, Abteilung'
Old English: bealca (balca), -an m. `balk, beam, bank, ridge', bolca, -an m. `gangway of a ship'
English: balk
Old Frisian: balka
Old Saxon: balco `Balken'
Middle Dutch: balke, balc
Dutch: balk m.; blok
Middle Low German: block `abgehaueener Baum, Gefangenenblock'; balke
Old High German: bloh, bloc n. (um 1000) `Klotz, Bohle', balko (9.Jh.) `Balken'
Middle High German: balke wk. m. 'balken; wageblken'; bloch, bloc st. n. 'holzklotz, block; bohle'
German: Balken m.; Block m., dial. (obd.) Bloch `id.'
