Where does “bluokula” come from?
bluokula (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto blua, from French bleu, from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, from Latvian blāvus, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic blāu, from Proto-Germanic blēwaz — yellow, blond, grey.
bluokula (Esperanto): blue-eyed
Definitions
- blue-eyed
Ancestry of “bluokula”, step by step
bluokula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto blua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | blua | blue blue colour |
| 2 | French | bleu | blue; very rare, underdone; the color blue |
| 3 | Middle French | bleu | blue |
| 4 | Old French | blöe | blue |
| 5 | Latvian | blāvus | accusative plural masculine form of blāvs |
| 6 | Old High German | blāo | blue, dark, grey; blue; yellow |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | blāu | blue |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | blēwaz | blue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlēw- | yellow, blond, grey |