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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

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-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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