Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.
bhel-4 and bhlē-, bhlō-, bhlǝ- — bhel 4 and bhlē , bhlō , bhlǝ English meaning: leaf; bloom Deutsche Übersetzung: “Blatt, Blũte, blũhen; ũppig sprießen” Note: probably from bhel “to swell” in sense of “vegetable lushness “ and ‘swelling = bud” Material: Gk … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
bhel- — I. bhel 1 To shine, flash, burn; shining white and various bright colors. Derivatives include blue, bleach, blind, blond, blanket, black, flagrant, and flame. I. Suffixed full grade form … Universalium
Blüte — Hochphase; Hoch Zeit; Hochkonjunktur; Boom; obere Wendepunktphase; Hausse; Hochzeit; Blütezeit; Pflanzenblüte; Blütenkelch; Blumenblüte; … Universal-Lexikon
Blatt — (Sich) kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen: sich ohne Scheu aussprechen, geradeheraus reden, sich rücksichtslos, unumwunden äußern, jemandem tüchtig die Meinung sagen. Die Redensart spiegelt eine alte Theatersitte wider. Die Schauspieler machten sich… … Das Wörterbuch der Idiome
blade — [OE] The primary sense of blade appears to be ‘leaf’ (as in ‘blades of grass’, and German blatt ‘leaf’). This points back to the ultimate source of the word, the Germanic stem *bhlō , from which English also gets bloom, blossom, and the now… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
bloom — [13] The Old English word for ‘flower’ was the probably related blossom, and English did not acquire bloom until the 13th century, when it borrowed it from Old Norse blómi. This came from Germanic *blōmon, a derivative of the Indo European *bhlō… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
blossom — [OE] Blossom probably comes ultimately from an Indo European base *bhlōs , which was also the source of Latin flōs, from which English gets flower. It seems reasonable to suppose, in view of the semantic connections, that this *bhlōs was an… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
blow — There are three distinct blows in English. The commonest, the verb ‘send out air’ [OE], can be traced back to an Indo European base *bhlā . It came into English (as Old English blāwan) via Germanic *blǣ , source also of bladder. The Indo European … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
flower — [13] The Old English word for ‘flower’ was blōstm, which is ultimately related to flower. Both come from Indo European *bhlō , which probably originally meant ‘swell’, and also gave English bloom, blade, and the now archaic blow ‘come into… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
foil — English has three separate words foil. The oldest, ‘thwart’ [13], originally meant ‘trample’. It probably comes via Anglo Norman *fuler from Vulgar Latin *fullāre, a derivative of Latin fullō ‘person who cleans and bulks out cloth, originally by… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
