Where does “blōt” come from?

blōt (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.

Ancestry of “blōt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicblautazsoft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlāw-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelshiny, white

Words derived from “blōt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blautaz →