Where does “blā” come from?

blā (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic blāan, from Proto-Germanic blēaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “blā”, step by step

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

Words derived from “blā”

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