In this episode we are looking into the origins of words for sacks, bags and bellys in Celtic languages. The Proto-Celtic word bolgos means sack, bag or stomach. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European bʰólǵʰ-o-s (skin bag, bolster), from *bʰelǵʰ- (to swell) [source]. Descendants in the Celtic languages include: bolg [ˈbˠɔlˠəɡ] = belly, stomach, abdomen; bag; […]