Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “blöde” come from?

blöde (Middle High German) comes from Old High German blōdi, from Proto-Germanic blauþiz — void, emaciated, soft.

Ancestry of “blöde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanblōdisluggish, feeble, physically weak
2Proto-Germanicblauþizvoid, emaciated, soft

Words derived from “blöde”

  • blöderweise
  • Blödsinn
  • blöd
  • Blödmann
  • blödsinnigerweise
  • blödsinnig
Every word from Proto-Germanic blauþiz →