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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

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “bloometh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBloom—
2SwedishBlom—
3Swedishblommaa flower; wife; to flower, to bloom, to blossom
4Old Swedishblōme—
5Old Norseblómi—
6Proto-Germanicblōmôflower
7Proto-Germanicblōanąto bloom, to flower
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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