Where does “blunderingly” come from?
blunderingly (English) comes from English blundering, from English blunder, from Middle English blundren, from Old Norse blunda, from Proto-Germanic blundaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...
blunderingly (English): In a blundering way; making mistakes
Definitions
- In a blundering way; making mistakes
Ancestry of “blunderingly”, step by step
blunderingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English blundering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blundering | The act of making a blunder; present participle... |
| 2 | English | blunder | A clumsy or embarrassing mistake; A very bad... |
| 3 | Middle English | blundren | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | blunda | to shut the eyes; doze; to shut the eyes; to doze |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blundaz | blond; mixed, blinding |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlendʰ- | to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;... |