Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleh₁-
‘to blow’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-.
66 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-, most familiar first.
- blow ← blowen ← blāwan ← *blāan ← *blēaną
- blast ← blǣst ← *blāstu ← *blēstuz ← *blēsaną
- blown ← blawen ← blāƿen ← blāwan ← *blāan
- blowing ← blowynge ← blāwende ← *blēandz ← *blēaną
- inflation ← īnflātiō ← īnflātus ← īnflō ← flō
- flavor ← flavour ← flaor ← *flātor ← flō
- bliss ← blīþs ← *blīþisi ← *blīþī ← *blīþiz
- bladder ← bladdre ← blæddre ← blēdre ← *blādrā
- flux ← fluxus ← fluō ← *bʰluH-yé-ti ← *bʰlewH-
- fluent ← fluens ← fluō ← *bʰluH-yé-ti ← *bʰlewH-
- feeble ← feble ← feble ← flēbilis ← fleō
- confluence ← cōnfluentia ← cōnfluēns ← cōnfluō ← fluō
More words from *bʰleh₁-
- fluency
- inflate
- blissful
- flatulence
- blithely
- fluvial
- conflate
- blare
- soufflé
- blather
- blasé
- confluent
- bleat
- flatulent
- bluebottle
- flatus
- fluviatile
- bluet
- overblow
- afflatus
- afflate
- afflation
- beblow
- blither
- blawort
- circumfluent
- confluency
- defluous
- efflate
- efflation
- exsufflate
- feebless
- feblesse
- fiumara
- fluminous
- flabellate
- flabellum
- fluxure
- flative
- flabellinerved
- flabile
- flabel
- fluvisol
- fluvaquent
- fluviol
- fluerics
- inflative
- inblow
- profluent
- soufflage
- soffietta
- sufflate
- superfluitant
- unblithe
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-