Where does “bloodspilling” come from?
bloodspilling (English) comes from English Blood, from Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic blōd, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
bloodspilling (English): The spilling of blood
Definitions
- The spilling of blood
Ancestry of “bloodspilling”, step by step
bloodspilling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Blood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Blood | A member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods |
| 2 | Middle English | blood | blood |
| 3 | Old English | blōd | blood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | blōd | blood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English spilling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spilling | The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid... |
| 2 | English | spill | To drop something so that it spreads out or makes... |
| 3 | Middle English | spillen | To slaughter, eliminate; to cause the death of;... |
| 4 | Old English | spillan | to destroy; spill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spillijaną | to split |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | spel- | to break; to break off, split; to cleave, break |