Where does “blas” come from?

blas (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle Irish blas, from Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic mlastos, from Proto-Indo-European mel-s-.

blas (Scottish Gaelic): taste, flavour; accent

Definitions

  1. taste, flavour; accent

Ancestry of “blas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishblasflavour; savour; taste
2Old Irishmlasflavour; savour; taste
3Proto-Celticmlastostaste
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-s-—

Words derived from “blas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel-s- →Every word from Proto-Celtic mlastos →Every word from Old Irish mlas →