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Where does “blōdeġ” come from?

blōdeġ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic blōþagaz, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

blōdeġ (Old English): bloody

Definitions

  1. bloody

Ancestry of “blōdeġ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “blōdeġ”

  • bloody
  • bloodied
  • bally
  • bloodily
  • unbloody
  • bloodiness
  • unbloodied
  • blerry
  • bloodyhanded
  • unbloodily
  • bloody-handed
  • bloody-handedness
  • bloodyish
  • bloody-handedly
  • bloodyhandedly
  • bloodyhandedness
  • blodi
  • blody
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