Where does “blindstaren” come from?
blindstaren (Dutch) comes from Dutch blind, from Middle Dutch blint, from Old Dutch blint, from Proto-Germanic blindaz, from French blindage, from French blinder, from French blinde, from German blende — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...
blindstaren (Dutch): to focus blindly, to pay too much attention to something and ignore bigger picture
Definitions
- to focus blindly, to pay too much attention to something and ignore bigger picture
Ancestry of “blindstaren”, step by step
blindstaren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch blind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | blind | blind; window shutter |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | blint | blind, unable to see |
| 3 | Old Dutch | blint | blind |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blindaz | blind |
| 5 | French | blindage | armour, armour plating |
| 6 | French | blinder | to armor; to reinforce |
| 7 | French | blinde | pieces of wood used as cover or protection;... |
| 8 | German | blende | inflection of blenden: ## first-person singular... |
| 9 | German | blenden | to dazzle; to blind; to show off; to pose; to... |
| 10 | Middle High German | blenden | to blend, mix |
| 11 | Old High German | blenten | — |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | blandijaną | to blind |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlendʰ- | to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;... |