Where does “blæhæwen” come from?

blæhæwen (Old English) comes from Old English blāw, from Proto-West Germanic blāu, from Proto-Germanic blēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlēw- — yellow, blond, grey.

blæhæwen (Old English): light blue; dark blue; violet or purple

Definitions

  1. light blue; dark blue; violet or purple

Ancestry of “blæhæwen”, step by step

blæhæwen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English blāw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishblāwblue
2Proto-West Germanicblāublue
3Proto-Germanicblēwazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlēw-yellow, blond, grey

via Old English hǣwen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhǣwenblue, purple, green, azure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlēw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blēwaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic blāu →