Where does “blout” come from?

blout (Middle English) comes from Old Norse blautr, from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.

blout (Middle English): soft; flexible; pliable

Definitions

  1. soft; flexible; pliable

Ancestry of “blout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseblautrwet; weak
2Proto-Germanicblautazsoft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlāw-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelshiny, white
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blautaz →