Where does “isinglass” come from?
Isinglass comes from Dutch huisenblas, derived from German Hausenblase, compound of German Hausen and Old High German blāsa meaning bladder.
isinglass (English): A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder...
Definitions
- A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder...
Ancestry of “isinglass”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | huisenblas | — |
| 2 | German | Hausenblase | — |
| 3 | German | blāse | bubble |
| 4 | Middle High German | blāse | — |
| 5 | Old High German | blāsa | — |
| 6 | German | blasen | to blow; to play; to fellate, to perform oral sex |
| 7 | Middle High German | blāsen | — |
| 8 | Old High German | blāsan | to blow |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | blāsan | to blow |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | blēsaną | to blow |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |