Etymology Explorer › Luxembourgish

Where does “Blumm” come from?

Blumm (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German bluomo, from Proto-Germanic blōmô, from Proto-Germanic blōaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Blumm (Luxembourgish): flower

Definitions

  1. flower

Ancestry of “Blumm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbluomobloom
2Proto-Germanicblōmôflower
3Proto-Germanicblōanąto bloom, to flower
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “Blumm”

  • Sonneblumm
  • Feierblumm
  • Pissblumm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →