English
inblow
Inblow comes from Old English inblāwan ‘to inspire, breathe upon, inflate, puff up’, from blāwan ‘to blow’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₁-‘to swell, blow up’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*blēaną‘to blow’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*blāan‘to blow’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150blāwan‘to blow’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150inblāwan‘to inspire, breathe upon, inflate, puff up’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inblowen
- Englishearliest quotation 1949inblow
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₁-‘to swell, blow up’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*blēaną‘to blow’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*blāan‘to blow’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150blāwan‘to blow’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150inblāwan‘to inspire, breathe upon, inflate, puff up’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inblowen
- Englishearliest quotation 1949inblow
Earliest quotation: 1949, Institution of Mining Engineers: “During the full gasification stage, after piercing has been…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- ‘to swell, blow up’
blast, flavor, inflation, flux, fluent, bliss, bladder, confluence, fluency, feeble, inflate, flatulence, fluvial, conflate, soufflé, blithely, blare, blather, blasé, bleat, 43 more
through Proto-Germanic *blēaną ‘to blow’
through Old English blāwan ‘to blow’
Today it means
verb To blow into; puff up; inflate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- / inblow