Where does “blonder” come from?

blonder (Middle English) comes from Middle English blondren, from Middle English blanden, from Old English blandan, from Proto-Germanic blandaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

blonder (Middle English): disturbance, strife

Definitions

  1. disturbance, strife

Ancestry of “blonder”, step by step

blonder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English blondren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishblondren—
2Middle Englishblanden—
3Old Englishblandanto blend; to mix, mingle; to corrupt, make impure
4Proto-Germanicblandanąto blend, make murky; to mix, mingle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlendʰ-to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

via Middle English blundren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishblundren—
2Old Norseblundato shut the eyes; doze; to shut the eyes; to doze
3Proto-Germanicblundazblond; mixed, blinding
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blandaną →Every word from Old English blandan →
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