Where does “blotte” come from?

blotte (Danish) comes from Middle Low German blōten, from Old Saxon blōt, from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.

blotte (Danish): to bare, uncover; to expose; to blunder, give...

Definitions

  1. to bare, uncover; to expose; to blunder, give...

Ancestry of “blotte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanblōten—
2Old Saxonblōtbare; naked
3Proto-Germanicblautazsoft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlāw-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelshiny, white

Words derived from “blotte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blautaz →