Where does “bløyt” come from?
bløyt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse bleyta, from Old Norse blautr, from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.
bløyt (Norwegian Bokmål): wetness; water or liquid
Ancestry of “bløyt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | bleyta | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | blautr | wet; weak |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | blautaz | soft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlāw- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel | shiny, white |