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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Saxon | blōd | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | blōd | blood |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “blôt”