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Where does “Nasenbluten” come from?

Nasenbluten (German) comes from German bluten, from Middle High German bluoten, from Old High German bluotēn, from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

Nasenbluten (German): nosebleed

Definitions

  1. nosebleed

Ancestry of “Nasenbluten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanblutento bleed
2Middle High Germanbluoten—
3Old High Germanbluotēn—
4Proto-West Germanic*blōdijan—
5Proto-Germanic*blōdijaną—
6Proto-Germanicblōþąblood
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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