Where does “blootstellen” come from?

blootstellen (Dutch) comes from Dutch bloot, from Middle Dutch bloot, from Old Dutch blōt, from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.

blootstellen (Dutch): to expose

Definitions

  1. to expose

Ancestry of “blootstellen”, step by step

blootstellen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bloot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchblootbare, naked, nude; unprotected, uncovered;...
2Middle Dutchbloot—
3Old Dutchblōt—
4Proto-Germanicblautazsoft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlāw-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelshiny, white

via Dutch stellen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstellento position; place; to state, to put forward; to...
2Middle Dutchstellen
3Old Dutchstellen—
4Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “blootstellen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel →