Where does “блѧдь” come from?

блѧдь (Old Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic blędь, from Proto-Slavic blęsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic blend-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

Ancestry of “блѧдь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicblędьerror; deception
2Proto-Slavicblęstito talk nonsense; to err
3Proto-Balto-Slavicblend-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlendʰ-to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic blend- →Every word from Proto-Slavic blęsti →