Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc. · A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red. · A feeling or appearance of optimism. · A cosmetic, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks and lips.
From Middle English blusshen, bluschen, blusschen, blisshen, from Old English blysċan (“to be red; shine”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *blaskijaną, from *blasǭ (“burning candle; torch”) or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *bluskijaną, from *blusjǭ (“torch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Middle Low German blöschen (“to blush”). Compare also Old English blysian (“to burn; blaze”), Dutch blozen (“to blush”), Danish blusse (“to blush”), Old Norse blys (“torch”), Danish blus (“blaze”).
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- Inherited-form mentionblusshenenm
- Inherited-form mentionblysċanang · to be red; shine
- Derivation mention*blaskijanągem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*bluskijanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*bʰel-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionblöschengml · to blush
- Cognate mentionblysianang · to burn; blaze
- Cognate mentionblozennl · to blush
- Cognate mentionblusseda · to blush
- Cognate mentionblysnon · torch
- Cognate mentionblusda · blaze
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