Etymology Explorer › Old Breton

Where does “bleid” come from?

bleid (Old Breton) comes from Proto-Brythonic blėð, from Proto-Celtic bledyos — wolf, large predator.

Ancestry of “bleid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicblėðwolf
2Proto-Celticbledyoswolf, large predator

Words derived from “bleid”

  • bleizez
  • bleizezed
  • bleiz
Every word from Proto-Celtic bledyos →