Where does “blôme” come from?

blôme (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon blōmo, from Proto-Germanic *blōmō, from Proto-Germanic blōmô, from Proto-Germanic blōaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “blôme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonblōmo—
2Proto-Germanic*blōmōflower
3Proto-Germanicblōmôflower
4Proto-Germanicblōanąto bloom, to flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “blôme”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →