Proto-Germanic

*blōþą

‘blood’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *blōþą.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, most familiar first.

• blood ← blōd ← *blōd
• bloody ← blody ← blōdiġ ← *blōdag ← *blōþagaz
• bless ← blessen ← bletsian ← *blōdisōn
• bleed ← bleden ← blēdan ← *blōdijan ← *blōdijaną
• bloodless ← blodles ← blōdlēas ← blōd ← *blōd
• bluidy ← bluid ← blōd
• bloodsome ← blood ← blood ← blōd ← *blōd

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *blōþą