Where does “*blaut” come from?
*blaut (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.
Ancestry of “*blaut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | blautaz | soft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlāw- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel | shiny, white |