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English word blue comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw, Proto-Indo-European *ḱas(w)-, Old English blǣhǣwen, Proto-Germanic *blewwaną (To beat.)
*bʰleh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)
*bʰlēw (Proto-Indo-European)
*ḱas(w)- (Proto-Indo-European)
blǣhǣwen (Old English)
*blewwaną (Proto-Germanic)
To beat.
*bʰlē-wo- (Proto-Indo-European)
*bʰlewas (Proto-Indo-European)
light-coloured, blond, yellow
*bʰleh₁wos (Proto-Indo-European)
*haswaz (Proto-Germanic)
(colour) grey.
blæwen (Old English)
hasu (Old English)
Dusky; grey; ashen.
*blēwaz (Proto-Germanic)
A dark bluish or grey colour, black. Blue.
blāw (Old English)
*blǣw (Old English)
blewe (Middle English)
blue (English)
(ergative) To make or become blue.. (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid). (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.. (transitive, slang) To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow. (Australia, colloquial) An argument.. (British) A type of firecracker.. (archaic) A pedantic [...]