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Where does “Beyblade” come from?

Beyblade (English) comes from Japanese ベイブレード, from Japanese ブレード, from English blade, from Middle English blade, from Old English blæd, from Proto-West Germanic blad, from Proto-Germanic bladą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlh̥₃oto.

Beyblade (English): A type of spinning top toy originally developed...

Definitions

  1. A type of spinning top toy originally developed...

Ancestry of “Beyblade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseベイブレード—
2Japaneseブレードblade
3EnglishbladeThe sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or...
4Middle EnglishbladeA leaf or blade; a piece foliage in general; A...
5Old Englishblæda leaf; the broad, flat blade of a utensil;...
6Proto-West Germanicbladleaf; sheet; blade
7Proto-Germanicbladąleaf; sheet; blade
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlh̥₃oto—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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