Where does “bleytur” come from?

bleytur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse blautr, from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.

bleytur (Faroese): soft

Definitions

  1. soft

Ancestry of “bleytur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseblautrwet; weak
2Proto-Germanicblautazsoft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlāw-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelshiny, white
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blautaz →