Where does “bløþa” come from?
bløþa (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse blœða, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
bløþa (Old Swedish): to bleed
Ancestry of “bløþa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | blœða | to bleed |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *blōdijaną | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “bløþa”