Where does “blouss” come from?

blouss (Luxembourgish) comes 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.

blouss (Luxembourgish): bare, naked

Definitions

  1. bare, naked

Ancestry of “blouss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanblōzbare, naked; naked, bare
2Proto-West Germanic*blaut—
3Proto-Germanicblautazsoft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlāw-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelshiny, white
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blautaz →