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Where does “blanda” come from?

blanda (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål blande, from Old Norse blanda, from Proto-Germanic blandaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

blanda (Norwegian Bokmål): simple past of blande; past participle of blande

Definitions

  1. simple past of blande; past participle of blande

Ancestry of “blanda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålblandeto mix, blend; to mingle; to shuffle
2Old Norseblandato blend, mix
3Proto-Germanicblandanąto blend, make murky; to mix, mingle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlendʰ-to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...
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