derivative of <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”). *<span class="searchmatch">blasaz</span> white, pale (of animals) *blasį̄ *blazjaną *bēlą <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-West <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>: *blas Old Saxon:...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *<span class="searchmatch">blasaz</span>. *blas white, pale (of animals) *blaʀjan *blasā *blasī Old Saxon: blas ⇒ Middle Low German: vorblassen, vörblassen, vörblessen...
<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-West <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *blaʀjan, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *blazjaną (“to make pale”), from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *<span class="searchmatch">blasaz</span> (“light, pale, white-patched”), from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European...
From *<span class="searchmatch">blasaz</span> + *-į̄. *blasį̄ f blaze, white marking on the forehead (of animals, esp. horses) *bēlą <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-West <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>: *blasī Old Frisian: *blase, *blese...
From Pre-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *erppaz, earlier *h₁erbʰnós, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *h₁erbʰ- (“brown”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀρφνός (orphnós, “dark brown”) (<...
Uncertain. Perhaps from Pre-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *bʰlogos, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *bʰleg-. Compare <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine, burn, scorch”). Alternatively...
/ˈxɑi̯.rɑz/ *hairaz grey (figurative) aged; old; lofty; distinguished <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-West <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>: *hair Old English: hār Middle English: hor English: hoar Scots:...
From Pre-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *bʰloyǵ-os, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). By synchronic analysis, an o-grade adjective formed from *blīkaną (“to gleam...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. IPA(key): /ˈɣu.lɑz/ *gulaz (North <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>) yellow *gelwaz (West <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>) Old Norse: gulr Icelandic: gulur Faroese:...
grey *hasnaz <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-West <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>: *hasn Old English: hǣwen Old High German: hasan *hasô *Haswaz (“the river Hase”) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-West <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>: *hasu, *haswī...