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Where does “blovego” come from?

blovego (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto blovo, from Esperanto blovi, from English blow, from Middle English blowe, from Old English blōwan, from Proto-West Germanic blōan, from Proto-Germanic blōaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.

blovego (Esperanto): gale, blast of wind

Definitions

  1. gale, blast of wind

Ancestry of “blovego”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoblovobreeze, gust
2Esperantoblovito blow
3EnglishblowTo produce an air current; To propel by an air...
4Middle EnglishbloweAlternative form of blowen
5Old Englishblōwanto bloom, blossom
6Proto-West Germanicblōanto bloom, to flower
7Proto-Germanicblōanąto bloom, to flower
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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