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Where does “bloodstaining” come from?

bloodstaining (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-.

bloodstaining (English): The presence of stains of blood

Definitions

  1. The presence of stains of blood

Ancestry of “bloodstaining”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBloodA member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods
2Middle Englishbloodblood
3Old Englishblōdblood
4Proto-West Germanicblōdblood
5Proto-Germanicblōþąblood
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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