blau
Middle Dutch
/blaːu/
adj
Definitions
- blue
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *blāo inherited from *blāu inherited from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (blue, dark blue, yellowish-gray, black, grey, dark, gray).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*blēwaz
Gloss
blue, dark blue, yellowish-gray, black, grey, dark, gray
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *blāvus, *blavus Latin
- blavus Latin
- blāvus Latin
- appelblauwzeegroen Dutch, Flemish
- azuurblauw Dutch, Flemish
- blauw Dutch, Flemish
- blauwachtig Dutch, Flemish
- blauwalg Dutch, Flemish
- blauwborst Dutch, Flemish
- blauwdruk Dutch, Flemish
- blauwgrauw Dutch, Flemish
- blauwgrijs Dutch, Flemish
- blauwgroen Dutch, Flemish
- blauwheid Dutch, Flemish
- blauwhelm Dutch, Flemish
- blauwhemd Dutch, Flemish
- blauwig Dutch, Flemish
- blauwogig Dutch, Flemish
- blauwschimmelkaas Dutch, Flemish
- blauwschuit Dutch, Flemish
- blauwverschuiving Dutch, Flemish
- blauwvleugelsprinkhaan Dutch, Flemish
- blauwzucht Dutch, Flemish
- grauwblauw Dutch, Flemish
- grijsblauw Dutch, Flemish
- groenblauw Dutch, Flemish
- hemelblauw Dutch, Flemish
- hemelsblauw Dutch, Flemish
- marineblauw Dutch, Flemish
- staalblauw Dutch, Flemish
- violetblauw Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰl(e)h₁uos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁-wos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰléh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰlēw- Proto-Indo-European
- *blēwaz Proto-Germanic
- blaw Old English
- blá Old Norse
- blár Old Norse
- blau Catalan, Valencian
- blao Old High German
- blāo Old High German
- blua Ido
- blou Afrikaans
- *blāu gmw-pro
- *blāo Old Dutch
- blao Old Saxon
- blau Occitan
- blau Romansh
- blo Romansh
- blov Romansh
- *blāu Frankish
- blāu Old Frisian
- blou Papiamentu
- blew xno
- blaw Sranan Tongo