Where does “blǣtan” come from?

blǣtan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic blātijan, from Proto-Germanic blētijaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

blǣtan (Old English): to bleat

Definitions

  1. to bleat

Ancestry of “blǣtan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicblātijanto bleat
2Proto-Germanicblētijanąto bleat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “blǣtan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁- →
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