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Where does “bleuen” come from?

bleuen (German) comes from Old High German bliuwan, from Proto-Germanic blewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European mléw-e-, from Proto-Indo-European mlew-.

bleuen (German): to beat

Definitions

  1. to beat

Ancestry of “bleuen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbliuwan—
2Proto-Germanicblewwanąto beat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmléw-e-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmlew-—

Words derived from “bleuen”

  • einbleuen
  • einbläuen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mlew- →