Where does “Sprechbläschen” come from?
Sprechbläschen (German) comes from German Sprechblase, 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.
Ancestry of “Sprechbläschen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sprechblase | speech bubble |
| 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- | — |