Where does “blä” come from?

blä (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian blā, from Proto-West Germanic blāan, from Proto-Germanic blēaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

blä (North Frisian): to blow

Definitions

  1. to blow

Ancestry of “blä”, step by step

blä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Frisian blā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianblā—
2Proto-West Germanicblāanto blow
3Proto-Germanicblēanąto blow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Proto-Germanic blēwaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicblēwazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlēw-yellow, blond, grey
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁- →