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Where does “bleten” come from?

bleten (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 “bleten”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bleten”

  • blaten
  • bleiten
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