blaw
Scots
verb
Definitions
- to blow
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English blawen inherited from Old English blāwan (blow, inflate, breathe, sound) inherited from *blāan inherited from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (blow) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (blow, bleat, swell, blow up, cry, yellow, surge, overflow, run, puff up, blue, inflate, grey).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleh₁-
Gloss
blow, bleat, swell, blow up, cry, yellow, surge, overflow, run, puff up, blue, inflate, grey
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ablow English
- alcoblow English
- beblow English
- blow English
- blow out English
- blow up English
- blow-wave English
- blowability English
- blowable English
- blowback English
- blowball English
- blowbuddy English
- blowdart English
- blowdown English
- blower English
- blowest English
- bloweth English
- blowfish English
- blowgun English
- blowhard English
- blowhole English
- blowhorn English
- blowie English
- blowing English
- blowjob English
- blowlamp English
- blown English
- blowpipe English
- blowpoint English
- blowth English
- blowtorch English
- blowtube English
- blowy English
- by-blow English
- counterblow English
- deathblow English
- flyblow English
- inblow English
- inflate English
- mindblow English
- misblow English
- outblow English
- overblow English
- peachblow English
- preblow English
- underblow English
- upblow English
- cōnflātus Latin
- flemen Latin
- florus Latin
- fluō Latin
- flō Latin
- īnflātiō Latin
- bleiten Dutch, Flemish
- inflatie Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *blēandz Proto-Germanic
- *blēaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēdrǭ Proto-Germanic
- *blēsaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēstaz Proto-Germanic
- *blēstuz Proto-Germanic
- *blētijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēwaz Proto-Germanic
- fløyt Norwegian Nynorsk
- beblawan Old English
- blawan Old English
- blāwan Old English
- blāƿen Old English
- forblawan Old English
- geondblawan Old English
- inblawan Old English
- wiþblawan Old English
- þurhblawan Old English
- blawen Middle English
- blowe Middle English
- blowen Middle English
- blása Old Norse
- blástr Old Norse
- blær Old Norse
- *blějati Proto-Slavic
- flahute Old French
- blase Middle Dutch
- blasen Middle Dutch
- bleren Middle Dutch
- blāen Old High German
- flatulent Middle French
- *blāan gmw-pro
- *blāien Old Dutch
- blaian Old Saxon
- *flāō Proto-Italic
- *flēō Proto-Italic
- blaitand Scots
- blā Old Frisian
- *(s)blèwsa Proto-Albanian
- bro Sranan Tongo