Where does “blear” come from?

Blear comes from Middle English bleren, from Middle Dutch bleren, from Old Dutch blerien, from Proto-Germanic blarjaną.

blear (English): Dim, unclear from water or rheum; Causing or...

Definitions

  1. Dim, unclear from water or rheum; Causing or...

Ancestry of “blear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbleren—
2Old Englishblǣran—

Words derived from “blear”

Every word from Old English blǣran →Every word from Middle English bleren →
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