Where does “blæjen” come from?

blæjen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German blāen, from Proto-West Germanic blāan, from Proto-Germanic blēaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “blæjen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanblāen
2Proto-West Germanicblāanto blow
3Proto-Germanicblēanąto blow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

Words derived from “blæjen

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