Where does “wælbleat” come from?

wælbleat (Old English) comes from Old English bleat, from Proto-West Germanic *blaut, from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.

wælbleat (Old English): deadly, mortal

Definitions

  1. deadly, mortal

Ancestry of “wælbleat”, step by step

wælbleat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English bleat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbleatwretched
2Proto-West Germanic*blaut—
3Proto-Germanicblautazsoft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlāw-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelshiny, white

via Old English wæl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwælslaughter, carnage; the slain, a slain person,...
2Proto-Germanicwalazwounded; lich, corpse, dead body; battlefield
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blautaz →