блѧсти
Old Church Slavonic
verb
Definitions
- chatter
- talk nonsense
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blęsti (talk nonsense, err) inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blend- inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (see badly, become turbid, go blind, be blind, grow turbid, dim, ruddy, red-haired, blond).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰlendʰ-
Gloss
see badly, become turbid, go blind, be blind, grow turbid, dim, ruddy, red-haired, blond
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bʰlendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *blandaną Proto-Germanic
- *blandijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blindaz Proto-Germanic
- *blundaz Proto-Germanic
- ब्रध्न Sanskrit
- blindleikr Old Norse
- *blędь Proto-Slavic
- *blęsti Proto-Slavic
- *blǫdъ Proto-Slavic
- blenuti Serbo-Croatian
- blesti Serbo-Croatian
- бленути Serbo-Croatian
- blesti Slovene
- blęsti Lithuanian
- blyn Western Frisian
- blind German Low German
- *blend- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *blenstei Proto-Balto-Slavic