Where does “blœßen” come from?

blœßen (Middle High German) comes from Middle High German bloß, from Middle High German blōȥ, from Old High German blōz, from Proto-West Germanic *blaut, from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.

Ancestry of “blœßen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbloßbare, naked
2Middle High Germanblōȥ—
3Old High Germanblōzbare, naked; naked, bare
4Proto-West Germanic*blaut—
5Proto-Germanicblautazsoft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlāw-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelshiny, white

Words derived from “blœßen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blautaz →