Where does “bleeden” come from?
bleeden (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German blṏden, from Old Saxon blodian, 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-.
bleeden (Plautdietsch): to bleed
Definitions
- to bleed
Ancestry of “bleeden”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | blṏden | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | blodian | to bleed |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *blōdijan | to bleed |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *blōdijaną | to bleed |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |