Where does “blød” come from?

blød (Danish) comes from Old Danish bloth, from Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

blød (Danish): soft; daft, silly, nuts; sensitive, softhearted

Definitions

  1. soft; daft, silly, nuts; sensitive, softhearted

Ancestry of “blød”, step by step

blød traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Danish bloth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishblothblood
2Old Norseblóðblood; offspring
3Proto-Germanicblōþąblood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Old Danish bløthær

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishbløthær—
2Old Norseblautrwet; weak
3Proto-Germanicblautazsoft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlāw-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelshiny, white

via Volapük blode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükblodedative singular of blod
2Old Saxon*blōth—
3Proto-Germanicblauþuzweak, feeble, emaciated; lacking, void, naked;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmlew-—

Words derived from “blød”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →