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