Where does “blau” come from?

blau (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch blāo, from Proto-West Germanic blāu, from Proto-Germanic blēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlēw- — yellow, blond, grey.

blau (Middle Dutch): blue; the colour blue

Definitions

  1. blue; the colour blue

Ancestry of “blau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchblāoblue
2Proto-West Germanicblāublue
3Proto-Germanicblēwazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlēw-yellow, blond, grey

Words derived from “blau”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlēw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blēwaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic blāu →