Where does “bluefin” come from?
I notice there's an issue with this etymological chain: it appears to conflate multiple unrelated words (blue, five in Yiddish, Latin finis, and various PIE roots) without a coherent pathway to "bluefin."
A legitimate etymology for "bluefin" would be: blue (from Proto-Germanic *blewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew-) + fin (from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finnuz). These are two separate etymological chains combined as a compound.
Could you clarify or correct the chain provided? As written, it doesn't form a valid etymological path for "bluefin."
bluefin (English): bluefin tuna, any of a number of types of tuna...
Definitions
- bluefin tuna, any of a number of types of tuna...
Ancestry of “bluefin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Blue | A letterman at Oxford or Cambridge; A member of... |
| 2 | Middle English | blēwe | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | blew | blue |
| 4 | Middle French | bleu | blue |
| 5 | Old French | blöe | — |
| 6 | Latvian | blāvus | accusative plural masculine form of blāvs |
| 7 | Old High German | blāo | blue, dark, grey; blue; yellow |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | blāu | blue |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | blēwaz | blue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlēw- | yellow, blond, grey |