Etymology Explorer › Old Danish

Where does “bloth” come from?

bloth (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “bloth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseblóðblood; offspring
2Proto-Germanicblōþąblood
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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