bheleu-

    bheleu-

    English meaning: to hit; weak, ill

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlagen, durch Schlagen kraftlos machen, schwach, krank”

    Material: O.Corn. bal f., pl. -ow “disease, malady”, mbr. baluent; Goth. balwa-wēsei “ wickedness, malice, cowardice “, balwjan “torment, smite”, O.E. bealo “evil, mad, wicked, evil”, O.Ice. bǫl, dat. bǫlve “misfortune”, O.H.G. balo, gen. balawes “ ruin”; Goth. bliggwan (*bleuu̯an) “hit”, O.H.G. bliuwan, Ger. bleuen ds., M.Eng. blowe “blow, knock”, O.Ice. blegðe m. (*blauu̯iðan-) “wedge”; O.Bulg. bolъ ‘sicker”, bole ́ti “ be ill “. About Ger. Block etc see under bhel-5.

    References: WP. II 189, Hirt IE Gk. II 150, Feist 79, 100, Specht Decl. 133.

    See also: Besides a root form bhlēu-: bhlǝu- : bhlū-, see there.