Where does “blur” come from?

Blur comes from English blear, from Middle English bleren, from Middle Dutch bleren, from Old Dutch blerien, from Proto-Germanic blarjaną.

blur (English): To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim; To...

Definitions

  1. To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim; To...

Ancestry of “blur”, step by step

blur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English blurre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishblurre—
2EnglishblearDim, unclear from water or rheum; Causing or...
3Middle Englishbleren—
4Old Englishblǣran—

via Proto-Germanic blasaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicblasazwhite, pale
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “blur”

Every word from Old English blǣran →Every word from Middle English bleren →Every word from English blear →
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