Where does “בלאָז” come from?
בלאָז (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German blāse, from Old High German blāsa, from German blasen, from Middle High German blāsen, from Old High German blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic blāsan, from Proto-Germanic blēsaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-.
בלאָז (Yiddish): bladder; blow
Definitions
- bladder; blow
Ancestry of “בלאָז”, step by step
בלאָז traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle High German blāse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | blāse | — |
| 2 | Old High German | blāsa | — |
| 3 | German | blasen | to blow; to play; to fellate, to perform oral sex |
| 4 | Middle High German | blāsen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | blāsan | to blow |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | blāsan | to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | blēsaną | to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Yiddish בלאָזן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | בלאָזן | blow; sulk; plural of בלאָז |