Where does “bluely” come from?

bluely (English) comes from English Blue, from Middle English blēwe, from Anglo-Norman blew, from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, from Latvian blāvus, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic blāu — yellow, blond, grey.

bluely (English): In a blue manner; bluishly; Porpoise

Definitions

  1. In a blue manner; bluishly; Porpoise

Ancestry of “bluely”, step by step

bluely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Blue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBlueA letterman at Oxford or Cambridge; A member of...
2Middle Englishblēwe
3Anglo-Normanblewblue
4Middle Frenchbleublue
5Old Frenchblöeblue
6Latvianblāvusaccusative plural masculine form of blāvs
7Old High Germanblāoblue, dark, grey; blue; yellow
8Proto-West Germanicblāublue
9Proto-Germanicblēwazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlēw-yellow, blond, grey

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlēw-