Proto-Germanic
*blēwaz
‘blue, dark blue’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.
5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz, most familiar first.
- blue ← blew ← blew ← bleu ← blöe
- blow ← blo ← blāw ← *blāu
- bluebottle ← blewbothel ← blew
- bluet ← blawede ← blew
- blawort ← blae ← bla ← blár
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *blēwaz