Where does “biotto” come from?
biotto (Italian) comes from Middle High 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.
biotto (Italian): naked
Ancestry of “biotto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | bloß | bare, naked |
| 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 |