Where does “bleareye” come from?

bleareye (English) comes from English eye, from Middle English eye, from Old English eġe, from Old English ēage, from Proto-West Germanic augā, from Proto-Germanic augô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

bleareye (English): A disease of the eyelids, involving chronic...

Definitions

  1. A disease of the eyelids, involving chronic...

Ancestry of “bleareye”, step by step

bleareye traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English eye

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheyeAn organ through which animals see; The visual...
2Middle Englisheyeawe, reverence, worshipfulness; horror, panic;...
3Old Englisheġefear
4Old Englishēageeye
5Proto-West Germanicaugāeye
6Proto-Germanicaugôeye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

via English blear

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishblearDim, unclear from water or rheum; Causing or...
2Middle Englishbleren—
3Old Englishblǣran—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →