Where does “blōz” come from?

blōz (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *blaut, from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.

blōz (Old High German): bare, naked; naked, bare

Definitions

  1. bare, naked; naked, bare

Ancestry of “blōz”, step by step

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

Words derived from “blōz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blautaz →