Etymograph

English

bluidy

Bluidy comes from Scots bluid ‘blood’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *blōþą.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*blōþą1‘blood’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150blōd1‘blood’
  3. Scotsc. 1450–presentbluid2‘blood’
  4. Englishtodaybluidy2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Scots bluid
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English bluidy

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*blōþąWiktionary, Scots bluid‘blood’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150blōdWiktionary, Scots bluid‘blood’
  3. Scotsc. 1450–presentbluidWiktionary, English bluidy‘blood’
  4. EnglishtodaybluidyWiktionary, English bluidy

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘to bloom’

full, flower, blow, fool, blade, floral, foil, flora, bloom, flourish, blossom, folly, folio, ferret, florist, fleur, flor, folic, belladonna, exfoliate, 52 more

through Proto-Germanic *blōþą ‘blood’

bless, bloody, bleed, bloodless, 1 more

through Old English blōd ‘blood’

blood, 2 more

Today it means

adj bloody.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “bluidy”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Scots bluid. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *blōþą / bluidy

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