Where does “blödeln” come from?

blödeln (German) comes from German blöd, from Middle High German blöde, from Old High German blōdi, from Proto-Germanic blauþiz — void, emaciated, soft.

blödeln (German): to fool around, to joke around, to talk nonsense usually in a playful way

Definitions

  1. to fool around, to joke around, to talk nonsense usually in a playful way

Ancestry of “blödeln”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanblödstupid, dim-witted
2Middle High Germanblöde—
3Old High Germanblōdisluggish, feeble, physically weak
4Proto-Germanicblauþizvoid, emaciated, soft
Every word from Proto-Germanic blauþiz →Every word from Old High German blōdi →Every word from Middle High German blöde →