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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | blautaz | soft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlāw- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel | shiny, white |
Words derived from “blōt”