bheld-

    bheld-

    English meaning: to knock, hit

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “pochen, schlagen”

    Note: perhaps originally d-present of the onomatopoeic word bhel-

    Material: From Gmc. probably in addition M.L.G. bolte(n) “ bolt for a door, dart, arrow”, O.H.G. bolz, Ger. Bolz, Bolzen, O.E. bolt “ bolt for a door, dart, arrow”, Swe. bult “ bolt for a door “ (*bhl̥d-), perhaps also Ger. Balz, Vb. balzen andbolzen, Nor. dial. bolt m. “ male forest bird; tomcat, male-cat”, Ger. Bolze “tomcat, male-cat”; Nor. dial. bolta “rumble, storm ahead”, older Dan. bolte “ curl up, roll oneself “, Swe. bulta “knock”, Swe. dial. bultra “wallow, romp”, Nor. dial. bultra “rant, roister, romp”, abl. Nor. dial. baltra “wallow, romp”; Lith. beldù, -e ́ti and béldžiu, bélsti “hit, knock”, ablaut. bildu, bilde ́ti “din, drone, rumble”, báldau, -yti “knock, stark rumble”, baldas “pestle”; Ltv. bel̂zt “hit” (perhaps contamination from *belžu = Lith. béldžiu with telz- “hit”, Mũhlenbach-Endzelin Ltv.-dt. Wb. 278).

    References: WP. II 184, WH. I 560 f.