Where does “blaten” come from?

blaten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch blāten, from Proto-West Germanic blātijan, from Proto-Germanic blētijaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “blaten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchblāten—
2Proto-West Germanicblātijanto bleat
3Proto-Germanicblētijanąto bleat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “blaten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁- →