Where does “blöt” come from?

blöt (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish bløter, from Old Norse blautr, from Proto-Germanic blautaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel — shiny, white.

blöt (Swedish): wet (covered with or impregnated with liquid)

Definitions

wet (covered with or impregnated with liquid)

Ancestry of “blöt”, step by step

blöt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish bløter

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Swedish	bløter	soft, weak
2	Old Norse	blautr	wet; weak
3	Proto-Germanic	blautaz	soft; exhausted; emptied out; spent; fainthearted
4	Proto-Indo-European	bʰlāw-	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	bʰel	shiny, white

via Old Swedish blot

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Swedish	blot	—
2	Old Norse	blót	offering; sharing of food of an offering in a...
3	Proto-Germanic	blōtą	offering, sacrifice
4	Proto-Indo-European	bʰlād-	to offer, sacrifice

Words derived from “blöt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlāw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blautaz →