Where does “bledhwæt” come from?
bledhwæt (Old English) comes from Old English hwæt, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom — smoke; mist, haze.
bledhwæt (Old English): shoot growing quickly
Definitions
- shoot growing quickly
Ancestry of “bledhwæt”, step by step
bledhwæt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English hwæt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | hwæt | what; why; how many or how much |
| 2 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 3 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 4 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 7 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Old English blēd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | blēd | that which is produced, flower, blossom, fruit; a... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | blēduz | blowing, breath, puff; flower, leaf, blossom |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |