Where does “blôt” come from?

blôt (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon blōd, from Proto-West Germanic blōd, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “blôt”, step by step

blôt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon blōd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonblōdblood
2Proto-West Germanicblōdblood
3Proto-Germanicblōþąblood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Old Saxon blōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonblōtbare; naked
2Proto-Germanicblautazsoft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlāw-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelshiny, white

Words derived from “blôt”

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