Where does “blemissen” come from?
blemissen (Middle English) comes from Old French blemir, from Frankish blesmijan, from Frankish blasmi, from Proto-Germanic blasaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
Ancestry of “blemissen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | blemir | — |
| 2 | Frankish | blesmijan | — |
| 3 | Frankish | blasmi | pale |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blasaz | white, pale |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “blemissen”