Where does “hemelblauw” come from?

hemelblauw (Dutch) comes from Dutch blauw, from Middle Dutch blau, from Old Dutch blāo, from Proto-West Germanic blāu, from Proto-Germanic blēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlēw- — yellow, blond, grey.

hemelblauw (Dutch): sky blue; French blue (RAL 5015; French blue

Definitions

  1. sky blue; French blue (RAL 5015; French blue

Ancestry of “hemelblauw”, step by step

hemelblauw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch blauw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchblauwblue; visibly bruised, as in blauwe plek 'a...
2Middle Dutchblaublue; the colour blue
3Old Dutchblāoblue
4Proto-West Germanicblāublue
5Proto-Germanicblēwazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlēw-yellow, blond, grey

via Dutch hemel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhemelheaven; sky, heavens; canopy, baldachin
2Middle Dutchhēmelheaven, sky
3Old Dutchhimilheaven, sky
4Proto-West Germanichimilsky; heaven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlēw- →