Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰlendʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*bʰlendʰ-

1. to blend, to mix up
2. to make cloudy, opaque
3. blond, red-haired, ruddy (alternative/contested)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰlendʰ-‎ (27 c, 0 e)

• *bʰlondʰ-o-nom (o-grade root present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *blandaną (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰlendʰ-ye-ti (ye-present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blenstei (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰlendʰ-i-s or *bʰln̥dʰ-i-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blendis
    • Proto-Slavic: *blędь (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰln̥dʰ-nó-s
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰradʰnás
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bradʰnás
      • Sanskrit: ब्रध्न (bradhná)
  • Proto-Albanian: *bradma
    • Albanian: bram (“residue, scoria”)
• *bʰlendʰ-os
  • Proto-Germanic: *blindaz (“blind”) (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰlondʰ-éye-ti
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blándīˀtei
    • Latvian: blàndîtiês, blôdîtiês
    • Lithuanian: blandýtis
    • Proto-Slavic: *blǭdìti (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰlondʰ-o-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blandas (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰl̥ndʰ-os or *bʰlendʰ-os
  • >? Proto-Germanic: *blundaz
    • Frankish: *blund
      • → Medieval Latin: blondus
        • Old French: blond, blont
          • Middle French: blond
            • → English: blond