Where does “blood-red” come from?

blood-red (English) comes from Middle English blodread, from Proto-Germanic blōþaraudaz, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

blood-red (English): Bright red in color, like the color of fresh...

Definitions

  1. Bright red in color, like the color of fresh...

Ancestry of “blood-red”, step by step

blood-red traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English blodread

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishblodread—
2Proto-Germanicblōþaraudazblood-red
3Proto-Germanicblōþąblood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Middle English blodred

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishblodred—
2Old Englishblōdrēadbloodred
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →