Where does “bloometh” come from?
bloometh (English) comes from English Bloom, from Swedish Blom, from Swedish blomma, from Old Swedish blōme, from Old Norse blómi, from Proto-Germanic blōmô, from Proto-Germanic blōaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
bloometh (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “bloometh”, step by step
bloometh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Bloom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bloom | A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud |
| 2 | Swedish | Blom | — |
| 3 | Swedish | blomma | a flower; wife; to flower, to bloom, to blossom |
| 4 | Old Swedish | blōme | flower |
| 5 | Old Norse | blómi | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blōmô | flower |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | blōaną | to bloom, to flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |