Where does “blæða” come from?

blæða (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse blœða, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

blæða (Icelandic): to bleed; to pay, to pay through the nose

Definitions

  1. to bleed; to pay, to pay through the nose

Ancestry of “blæða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseblœðato bleed
2Proto-Germanic*blōdijanąto bleed
3Proto-Germanicblōþąblood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “blæða”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →