Where does “blawen” come from?

blawen (Middle English) comes from Old English blāƿen, from Old English blāwan, from Proto-West Germanic blāan, from Proto-Germanic blēaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

blawen (Middle English): Alternative form of blowen

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of blowen

Ancestry of “blawen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishblāƿen—
2Old Englishblāwanto blow, breathe, inflate, sound
3Proto-West Germanicblāanto blow
4Proto-Germanicblēanąto blow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “blawen”

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