Blue etymology

English

English word blue comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw, Proto-Indo-European *ḱas(w)-, Old English blǣhǣwen, Proto-Germanic *blewwaną (To beat.)

Etymology of blue

Detailed word origin of blue

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*bʰlēw Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*ḱas(w)- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
blǣhǣwen Old English (ang)
*blewwaną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) To beat.
*bʰlē-wo- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*bʰlewas Proto-Indo-European (ine) light-coloured, blond, yellow
*bʰleh₁wos Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*haswaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) (colour) grey.
blæwen Old English (ang)
hasu Old English (ang) Dusky; grey; ashen.
*blēwaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) A dark bluish or grey colour, black. Blue.
blāw Old English (ang)
*blǣw Old English (ang)
blewe Middle English (enm)
blue English (en) (ergative) To make or become blue.. (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid). (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.. (transitive, slang) To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow. (Australia, colloquial) An argument.. (British) A type of firecracker.. (archaic) A pedantic [...]

Words with the same origin as blue

Descendants of *bʰleh₁-

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