Where does “forblø” come from?
forblø (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Bokmål blø, from Old Norse blœða, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
forblø (Norwegian Nynorsk): to bleed to death
Definitions
- to bleed to death
Ancestry of “forblø”, step by step
forblø traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål blø
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | blø | to bleed, lose blood |
| 2 | Old Norse | blœða | to bleed |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *blōdijaną | to bleed |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Middle Low German vorbloden
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | vorbloden | — |