Where does “blanket” come from?

blanket (Middle English) comes from Old French blanquette, from Old French blanc, from Late Latin blancus, from Frankish blank, from Proto-Germanic *blank, from Proto-Germanic blankaz, from Proto-Indo-European bhleg- — to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch.

Ancestry of “blanket”, step by step

blanket traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French blanquette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchblanquette—
2Old Frenchblancwhite
3Late Latinblancuswhite
4Frankishblankbright; gleaming, white, blinding; bright,...
5Proto-Germanic*blank—
6Proto-Germanicblankazbright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbhleg-to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch

via Old French blankete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchblankete—

via Old French blanket

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchblanket—

Words derived from “blanket”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhleg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blankaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *blank →