bʰleh₁-

verb · to wail, howl, bawl


Attested in Italic, Germanic, Balto-Slavic, Celtic,

Reconstructions in Rix et al. (2001)

bʰleh₁- (verb) wail, howl, bawl
LanguageReflexGlossGrammar
Latinfleōweinenamphidynamic root-present
Latinflēreweinenamphidynamic root-present
Latinflōblasen, (Metall) gießenamphidynamic root-present
Latinflāreblasen, (Metall) gießenamphidynamic root-present
Middle High Germanblæjenblöken; blasen, blähenamphidynamic root-present
Latvianblêjublöken, meckernamphidynamic root-present
Latvianblêtblöken, meckernamphidynamic root-present
Church Slavonicblějublökenamphidynamic root-present
Church Slavonicblejatiblökenamphidynamic root-present
Old High Germanblāenblasenamphidynamic root-present
"germ."-blēsan"blasen"s-desiderative

Reconstructions in Pokorny (1959)

bhlē- ‘to howl, weep’
LanguageReflexGlossGrammar
Middle High Germanbliehenbrennend leuchten
Czechblýštětischimmern
Czechblýskatiglänzen
Latinflāvusgoldgelb, rotgelb, blond
Latinfulvus rotgelb, braungelb
Latinflōrus flavus
Middle Irishblārmit weißem Stirnfleck, Fleck, Feld
Middle Low GermanblāreBlässe, blessige Kuh
Modern High Germanblau
Middle High Germanblāblau
Lithuanianblãvasblaulich, gelb
Latvianblãvsblaulich, gelb
Old English*blāwblau
Old Icelandicblār
Old High Germanbluhhenbrennend leuchten
OscanFlaviiesFlāviī
Old High Germanblāoblau
Old Irishblāgelblich?
Modern Norwegian,Norwegianblyrmild, lau
Modern Norwegian,Norwegianbløyra Schwächling, Feigling
Modern Swedish (dialectal),Swedish (dialectal)bloslinschwächlich
nhd. schwäb. blūsche(n)langsam, träge
Modern Welsh,Welshblawrgrau