Where does “Blechblasinstrument” come from?
Blechblasinstrument (German) comes from German Blasinstrument, 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-.
Blechblasinstrument (German): brass instrument
Definitions
- brass instrument
Ancestry of “Blechblasinstrument”, step by step
Blechblasinstrument traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Blasinstrument
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Blasinstrument | wind instrument |
| 2 | German | blasen | to blow; to play; to fellate, to perform oral sex |
| 3 | Middle High German | blāsen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | blāsan | to blow |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blāsan | to blow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blēsaną | to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via German Blech
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Blech | sheet; Brass, a collective term for all brass... |
| 2 | Middle High German | blëch | small metal plate; ornament on a woman's dress |
| 3 | Old High German | bleh | thin leaf of metal, plate; metal plate |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *blik | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bliką | shine; look; metal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleyǵ- | to shine |