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Where does “blōd” come from?

blōd (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic blōd, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “blōd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicblōdblood
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 “blōd”

  • bloed
  • Bloud
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