Where does “Blasmusik” come from?

Blasmusik (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-.

Blasmusik (German): The music played by brass bands

Definitions

  1. The music played by brass bands

Ancestry of “Blasmusik”, step by step

Blasmusik 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 musik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmusikmusic
2Middle High Germanmūsic—
3Old High Germanmusika—
4Latinmūsica—
5Ancient Greekμουσικήnominative feminine singular of μουσικός; any of...
6Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

Words derived from “Blasmusik”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →