Where does “blādum” come from?

blādum (Latin) comes from Proto-West Germanic blad, from Proto-Germanic bladą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlh̥₃oto, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

blādum (Latin): kind of grain, wheat

Definitions

  1. kind of grain, wheat

Ancestry of “blādum”, step by step

blādum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic blad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbladleaf; sheet; blade
2Proto-Germanicbladąleaf; sheet; blade
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlh̥₃oto
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via Frankish blād

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishblādfield produce; produce
2Proto-Germanicblēdazblowing, blast
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbhlēdh-
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbhAl-to blow, inflate

Words derived from “blādum

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