blade
Middle English
/blaːd/
noun
Definitions
- A leaf or blade; a piece foliage in general.
- A blade sharp edge of a weapon.
- Any sharp-bladed slashing or stabbing weapon.
- (rare) A wooden tile or chip for roofing.
- (rare) Anything close in appearance or form to a blade.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English blæd (leaf) inherited from *blad (leaf) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bladą (leaf) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃otom.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰl̥h₃otom
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- axeblade English
- blade English
- blade jumper English
- bladebone English
- bladebreaker English
- bladejob English
- bladeless English
- bladelet English
- bladelike English
- bladepoint English
- blader English
- bladerunner English
- bladesmith English
- bladesmithing English
- bladework English
- blady English
- interblade English
- knifeblade English
- microblade English
- microblading English
- multiblade English
- nanoblade English
- rollerblade English
- sawblade English
- sideblade English
- snowblade English
- switchblade English
- twiblade English
- *bʰleh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰlh̥₃oto Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰlh̥₃otom Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰl̥h₃-o-to-m Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰl̥h₃oto- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰl̥h₃otom Proto-Indo-European
- *bladą Proto-Germanic
- blæd Old English
- mægþblæd Old English
- blader Middle English
- bladyn Middle English
- schulder-blade Middle English
- schuldre Middle English
- bléid Irish
- blað Old Norse
- blat Old High German
- Blat Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *blad gmw-pro
- *blat Old Dutch
- blad Old Saxon
- láđđi Northern Sami
- bled Old Frisian