Where does “Fieberbläschen” come from?
Fieberbläschen (German) comes from German Fieberblase, from German blāse, from Middle High German blāse, from Old High German blāsa, from German blasen, from Middle High German blāsen, from Old High German blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic blāsan.
Fieberbläschen (German): cold sore
Definitions
- cold sore
Ancestry of “Fieberbläschen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fieberblase | cold sore |
| 2 | German | blāse | bubble |
| 3 | Middle High German | blāse | — |
| 4 | Old High German | blāsa | — |
| 5 | German | blasen | to blow; to play; to fellate, to perform oral sex |
| 6 | Middle High German | blāsen | — |
| 7 | Old High German | blāsan | to blow |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | blāsan | to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | blēsaną | to blow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |