Black etymology

English

English word black comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁s-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyǵ-os, and later Proto-Germanic *blakaz (Black, swart. Burnt.)

Etymology of black

Detailed word origin of black

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*bʰleh₁s- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*bʰleg- Proto-Indo-European (ine) to shine   , to shine, burn, scorch, to burn, shine, to shine, white, to burn, shine, scorch
*bʰloyǵ-os Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*blakaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Black, swart. Burnt.
*blaikaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Pale, white.
blæc Old English (ang) Black.
blac Old English (ang) Pale, shining, white.
blāc Old English (ang)
bleikr Old Norse (non)
blacian Old English (ang) To become pale.
blake Middle English (enm) Black.
black English (en) (British) To boycott something or someone, usually as part of an industrial dispute.. To apply blacking to something.. To make black, to blacken. (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.. (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).. [...]

Words with the same origin as black

Descendants of *bʰleg-

blackout