Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “bluotēn” come from?

bluotēn (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “bluotēn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*blōdijan—
2Proto-Germanic*blōdijaną—
3Proto-Germanicblōþąblood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “bluotēn”

  • bluten
  • durchbluten
  • verbluten
  • bluoten
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