The name Belgae derives from Celtic *belgo-. A variant occurs for the people called the Fir Bolg in Irish legendary history (see Lebar GabAla Erenn). These tribal names belong to the same root as the Celtic words OIr. bolg ‘bag, sack; belly, stomach; bellows’, MW boly, Mod. W bol(a) ‘belly;
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