Where does “unblown” come from?
unblown (English) comes from English blown, from Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, from Old English blāwan, from Proto-West Germanic blāan, from Proto-Germanic blēaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
unblown (English): Not having been blown; Still in the bud; not yet...
Definitions
- Not having been blown; Still in the bud; not yet...
Ancestry of “unblown”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | blown | distended, swollen or inflated; panting and out... |
| 2 | Middle English | blawen | Alternative form of blowen |
| 3 | Old English | blāƿen | — |
| 4 | Old English | blāwan | to blow, breathe, inflate, sound |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blāan | to blow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blēaną | to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |