blasen
German (Berlin)
/ˈblaːzn̩/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (transitive) to blow
- (transitive) to play (a wind instrument)
- (vulgar) to fellate, to perform oral sex
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German blāsen inherited from Old High German blāsan (blow) inherited from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną (blow) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (blow, bleat, swell, blow up, cry, yellow, surge, overflow, run, puff up, blue, inflate, grey).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleh₁-
Gloss
blow, bleat, swell, blow up, cry, yellow, surge, overflow, run, puff up, blue, inflate, grey
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- inflate English
- cōnflātus Latin
- flemen Latin
- florus Latin
- fluō Latin
- flō Latin
- īnflātiō Latin
- Aufblaser German
- Blasinstrument German
- Blasinstrumentenbauer German
- Blasinstrumentenhersteller German
- Blaskapelle German
- Blasmusik German
- Instrument German
- Kapelle German
- Laub German
- Laubbläser German
- Musik German
- abblasen German
- aufblasbar German
- aufblasen German
- einblasen German
- bleiten Dutch, Flemish
- inflatie Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *blēaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēdrǭ Proto-Germanic
- *blēsaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēstaz Proto-Germanic
- *blēstuz Proto-Germanic
- *blētijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēwaz Proto-Germanic
- fløyt Norwegian Nynorsk
- blæst Old English
- blása Old Norse
- blástr Old Norse
- *blějati Proto-Slavic
- flahute Old French
- blase Middle Dutch
- blasen Middle Dutch
- bleren Middle Dutch
- blâsen Middle Dutch
- blāsan Old High German
- blasen Middle High German
- blāsen Middle High German
- blosen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- flatulent Middle French
- *blāsan gmw-pro
- *blāsan Old Dutch
- *flāō Proto-Italic
- *flēō Proto-Italic
- blaitand Scots
- *(s)blèwsa Proto-Albanian