Where does “bloot” come from?

bloot (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch blōt, from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.

Ancestry of “bloot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchblōt
2Proto-Germanicblautazsoft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlāw-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelshiny, white

Words derived from “bloot

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰelEvery word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-Every word from Proto-Germanic blautaz