Where does “Blasebalg” come from?

Blasebalg (German) comes from German blasen, from Middle High German blāsen, from Old High German blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic blāsan, from Proto-Germanic blēsaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Blasebalg (German): bellows

Definitions

  1. bellows

Ancestry of “Blasebalg”, step by step

Blasebalg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German blasen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanblasento blow; to play; to fellate, to perform oral sex
2Middle High Germanblāsen—
3Old High Germanblāsanto blow
4Proto-West Germanicblāsanto blow
5Proto-Germanicblēsanąto blow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via German balg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbalgthe hide of a small animal, such as a fox, hare, or bird, which is pulled off as one
2Middle High Germanbalc—
3Old High Germanbalg—
4Proto-Germanicbalgizbag
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →