Where does “bleten” come from?

bleten (Middle English) comes from Old English blǣtan, from Proto-West Germanic blātijan, from Proto-Germanic blētijaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

bleten (Middle English): to bleat

Definitions

  1. to bleat

Ancestry of “bleten”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bleten”

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