Where does “bloßlegen” come from?
bloßlegen (German) comes from German bloß, from Middle High German blōȥ, from Old High German blōz, from Proto-West Germanic *blaut, from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.
bloßlegen (German): to lay bare, to unearth
Definitions
- to lay bare, to unearth
Ancestry of “bloßlegen”, step by step
bloßlegen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German bloß
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | bloß | mere, sole; bare, uncovered, nude; merely, only |
| 2 | Middle High German | blōȥ | — |
| 3 | Old High German | blōz | bare, naked; naked, bare |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *blaut | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blautaz | soft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlāw- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel | shiny, white |
via German legen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | legen | to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it... |
| 2 | Middle High German | legen | to lay, to put into a horizontal position |
| 3 | Old High German | legen | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | laggjan | to lay, to place |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |