Where does “blatist” come from?
blatist (Romanian) comes from Romanian blat, from Russian блат, from Polish blat, from German blatt, from Middle High German blat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic blad, from Proto-Germanic bladą.
blatist (Romanian): fare dodger
Definitions
- fare dodger
Ancestry of “blatist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | blat | sheet, layer |
| 2 | Russian | блат | blat, cronyism, pull; genitive plural of бла́то |
| 3 | Polish | blat | the flat surface of a table |
| 4 | German | blatt | leaf green and flat organ of a plant |
| 5 | Middle High German | blat | leaf |
| 6 | Old High German | blat | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | blad | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bladą | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlh̥₃oto | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |