Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle). · A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the tuyeres of a blast furnace, a person's mouth, etc. · A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe. · The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
Inherited from Middle English blast, from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāstu, from Proto-Germanic *blēstuz (“blowing, blast”). Cognate with West Frisian blast (“blast”), dialectal Dutch blast (“stubborn intent, drumming”), obsolete German Blast (“wind, blowing”), German blasen (“to blow”), Dutch blazen (“to blow”), Danish blæst (“wind”), French blaser (“to blunt, dull”). More at blow.
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- Root classification mention*bʰleh₁-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionblastenm
- Inherited-form mentionblǣstang · blowing, blast
- Inherited-form mention*blāstugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*blēstuzgem-pro · blowing, blast
- Cognate mentionblastfy · blast
- Cognate mentionblastnl · stubborn intent, drumming
- Cognate mentionBlastde · wind, blowing
- Cognate mentionblasende · to blow
- Cognate mentionblazennl · to blow
- Cognate mentionblæstda · wind
- Cognate mentionblaserfr · to blunt, dull
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