Where does “блести” come from?

блести (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old Church Slavonic блѧсти, from Proto-Slavic blęsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic blend-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

блести (Serbo-Croatian): to blather, to talk foolishly

Definitions

  1. to blather, to talk foolishly

Ancestry of “блести”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicблѧстиchatter, talk nonsense
2Proto-Slavicblęstito talk nonsense; to err
3Proto-Balto-Slavicblend-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlendʰ-to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic blend- →Every word from Proto-Slavic blęsti →