English
blawort
Blawort comes from Scots blae ‘bluish, bluish-gray (blue-gray), intermediate…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₁-‘blue, gray, yellow’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*blēwaz‘blue’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350blár‘livid, blue’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bla
- Scotsc. 1450–presentblae‘bluish, bluish-gray (blue-gray), intermediate between blue and gray’
- Englishtodayblawort
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₁-‘blue, gray, yellow’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*blēwaz‘blue’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350blár‘livid, blue’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bla
- Scotsc. 1450–presentblae‘bluish, bluish-gray (blue-gray), intermediate between blue and gray’
- Englishtodayblawort
A compound of blae + wort
Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘a root’
Proto-Germanic *wrōts ‘a root’
Proto-West Germanic *wurti ‘a root’
Old English wyrt ‘a plant’
Middle English wort ‘any herb or plant’
English wort
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- ‘blue, gray, yellow’
blowing, blown, inflation, blast, flavor, flux, bliss, fluent, bladder, confluence, fluency, feeble, inflate, fluvial, flatulence, soufflé, blithely, conflate, blare, bleat, blather, blasé, 42 more
through Proto-Germanic *blēwaz ‘blue’
Today it means
noun Centaurea cyanus, cornflower.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- / blawort