Where does “blautr” come from?

blautr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.

blautr (Old Norse): wet; weak

Definitions

  1. wet; weak

Ancestry of “blautr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicblautazsoft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlāw-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelshiny, white

Words derived from “blautr”

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