Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow. · A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation. · A person or people related to one by birth; one's biological relative or relatives. · One of the four humours in the human body.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.? Proto-Germanic *blōþą Proto-West Germanic *blōd Old English blōd Middle English blood English blood From Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ("to swell") + -ó- (thematic vowel) + -to (nominalizer), i.e. "that which bursts out". Cognate with Scots blude, bluid (“blood”), North Frisian blud, blödj, Blör (“blood”), Saterland Frisian Bloud (“blood”), West Frisian bloed (“blood”), Cimbrian pluat, pluut (“blood”), Dutch bloed (“blood”), German Blut (“blood”), German Low German Blood, Bloot (“blood”), Luxembourgish Blutt (“blood”), Vilamovian błüt (“blood”), Yiddish בלוט (blut, “blood”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blod (“blood”), Faroese and Icelandic blóð (“blood”), Crimean Gothic plut (“blood”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌸 (blōþ, “blood”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionbloodenm
- Inherited-form mentionblōdang
- Inherited-form mention*blōdgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*blōþągem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*bʰel-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionbludesco
- Cognate mentionbludfrr
- Cognate mentionBloudstq
- Cognate mentionbloedfy
- Cognate mentionpluatcim
- Cognate mentionbloednl
- Cognate mentionBlutde
- Cognate mentionBluttlb
- Cognate mentionbłütwym
- Cognate mentionבלוטyi
- Cognate mentionplutgme-cgo
- Cognate mention𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌸got
This page abbreviates 12 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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