Where does “blāse” come from?
blāse (Middle High German) comes from Old High German blāsa, from German blasen, from Middle High German blāsen, from Old High German blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic blāsan, from Proto-Germanic blēsaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
Ancestry of “blāse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old High German | blāsa | — |
| 2 | German | blasen | to blow; to play; to fellate, to perform oral sex |
| 3 | Middle High German | blāsen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | blāsan | to blow |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blāsan | to blow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blēsaną | to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |