Where does “Blähsucht” come from?
Blähsucht (German) comes from German blähen, from Middle High German blæjen, from Old High German blāen, from Proto-West Germanic blāan, from Proto-Germanic blēaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
Blähsucht (German): flatulence state of having gas in digestive system
Definitions
- flatulence state of having gas in digestive system
Ancestry of “Blähsucht”, step by step
Blähsucht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German blähen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | blähen | to cause flatulation |
| 2 | Middle High German | blæjen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | blāen | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | blāan | to blow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blēaną | to blow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |