Where does “בלויען” come from?

בלויען (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish בלוי, from Middle High German blā, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic blāu, from Proto-Germanic blēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlēw- — yellow, blond, grey.

בלויען (Yiddish): to blue, make blue

Definitions

  1. to blue, make blue

Ancestry of “בלויען”, step by step

בלויען traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish בלוי

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishבלויblue
2Middle High Germanblāblue
3Old High Germanblāoblue, dark, grey; blue; yellow
4Proto-West Germanicblāublue
5Proto-Germanicblēwazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlēw-yellow, blond, grey

via Yiddish ־ן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־ןThe infinitive marker for verbs, which can be...
2Middle High German-en—
3Old High German-īn—
4Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlēw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blēwaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic blāu →