blühen
German (Berlin)
/ˈblyːən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to blossom or bloom
- to thrive or flourish
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German blüe(je)n, blüen inherited from Old High German bluo(w)en, bluoen inherited from Proto-Germanic *blōaną (blossom, flower, flourish) root 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
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ablow English
- alcoblow English
- beblow English
- blow English
- blow out English
- blow up English
- blow-wave English
- blowability English
- blowable English
- blowback English
- blowball English
- blowbuddy English
- blowdart English
- blowdown English
- blower English
- blowest English
- bloweth English
- blowfish English
- blowgun English
- blowhard English
- blowhole English
- blowhorn English
- blowie English
- blowing English
- blowjob English
- blowlamp English
- blowpipe English
- blowpoint English
- blowth English
- blowtorch English
- blowtube English
- blowy English
- by-blow English
- counterblow English
- deathblow English
- exfoliate English
- florid English
- florulent English
- flyblow English
- inblow English
- mindblow English
- misblow English
- outblow English
- overblow English
- peachblow English
- preblow English
- underblow English
- upblow English
- Flōra Latin
- Flōrentia Latin
- efflōrēscere Latin
- flos, flōs, flōrem Latin
- flōrem Latin
- flōreō Latin
- flōris Latin
- flōrālis Latin
- flōs Latin
- folia Latin
- fullo Latin
- aufblühen German
- erblühen German
- fiorino Italian
- bloeien Dutch, Flemish
- bloeisel Dutch, Flemish
- bloeitijd Dutch, Flemish
- bloem Dutch, Flemish
- laatbloeier Dutch, Flemish
- opbloeien Dutch, Flemish
- openbloeien Dutch, Flemish
- opfleuren Dutch, Flemish
- φάλαινα Ancient Greek
- φάλλαινα Ancient Greek
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₃-s Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₃-s- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰlh̥₃otom Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰolh₃-yom Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰolh₃yom Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰolyo- Proto-Indo-European
- *bladą Proto-Germanic
- *blēdaz Proto-Germanic
- *blēduz Proto-Germanic
- *blōaną Proto-Germanic
- *blōdiz Proto-Germanic
- *blōmô Proto-Germanic
- *blōsmaz Proto-Germanic
- *blōsmô Proto-Germanic
- *blōstmô Proto-Germanic
- *blōþą Proto-Germanic
- blowan Old English
- blowen Middle English
- blóm Old Norse
- blóma Old Norse
- blomme Danish
- bloeyen Middle Dutch
- bluo(w)en, bluoen Old High German
- bluoen Old High German
- bluomo Old High German
- pluojan Old High German
- blás Old Irish
- blüe(je)n, blüen Middle High German
- bléien Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- בליִען Yiddish
- bluoien Old Dutch
- *belyos Proto-Celtic
- *blātus Proto-Celtic
- plūme Middle Low German
- bloian Old Saxon
- blüeje Alemannic German
- *flōs Proto-Italic
- *palanǰāsp Middle Persian
- blomæ Old Danish
- bro Sranan Tongo