bled

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • a shoot, branch
  • foliage, leaves; a leaf
  • a flower, blossom; a bloom
  • fruit; a fruit
  • a harvest, crop; yield, produce

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *blēduz (breath, blowing, leaf, puff, blossom, flower) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (flower, blossom, bloom, thrive, flourish, inflate, blow, swell, leaf).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰleh₃-

Gloss

flower, blossom, bloom, thrive, flourish, inflate, blow, swell, leaf

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

花

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