blomma

Swedish

/blʊ.ma/

noun
Definitions
  • a flower
  • (colloquial) wife

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish blome, blōme inherited from Old Norse blómi inherited from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (flower) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (flower, blossom, bloom, thrive, flourish, inflate, blow, swell, leaf).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰleh₃-

Gloss

flower, blossom, bloom, thrive, flourish, inflate, blow, swell, leaf

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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