Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰleh₃-

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

*bʰleh₃-

1. bloom, flower

   Synonym: *h₂endʰ-

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰleh₃- (55 c, 0 e)

• *bʰléh₃-e-ti (thematic root present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *blōaną (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰléh₃-mō ~ *bʰl̥h₃-m̥n-és
  • Proto-Germanic: *blōmô (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰleh₃-s-
  • Proto-Italic: *flōs (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰléh₃-ti-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *blōdiz, *blēdiz (“blossom, sprout”)
    • Proto-West Germanic: *blōdi, *blādi
      • Old English: blēd, blǣd
        • Middle English: blede, bled
          • English: blead
          • Scots: bleed
      • Old High German: bluot
        • Middle High German: bluot
          • ⇒ Middle High German: blüete (plural)
            • German: Blüte (singular)
• *bʰléh₃-tu-s
  • Proto-Celtic: *blātus (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰl̥h₃-oto-
  • Proto-Germanic: *bladą (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Tocharian:
    • Tocharian A: pält
    • Tocharian B: pilta
• *bʰolh₃-yom
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: φῠ́λλον (phŭ́llon) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic:
    • Latin: folium (see there for further descendants)
• >? *bʰl̥h₃rós
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Sanskrit: फुल्ल (phulla) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: բող (boł), բողիկ (bołik) (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Armenian: բողբոջ (bołboǰ)
      • Armenian: բողբոջ (boġboǰ)
      • Middle Armenian: բողբուճ (boġbuč), բողբոճ (boġboč)
  • Proto-Celtic: *belyom (“tree”)

See also

• *bʰel-
• *dʰelh₁-

Further reading

• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “Flower”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 207
• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “Leaf”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 348