φλέγω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- I set on fire, burn, scorch
- I kindle, arouse, inflame
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (shine, swell, blow, inflate, roar, sound, gleam, bark, white, shiny, light, speak, be white, bright, yell, swell up, blow up, shimmer, bubble, sparkle).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰel-
Gloss
shine, swell, blow, inflate, roar, sound, gleam, bark, white, shiny, light, speak, be white, bright, yell, swell up, blow up, shimmer, bubble, sparkle
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
白
Emoji
🌟 ⭐️ 🌟 🌠 💡 🔦 🕯️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blick English
- blitzer English
- blattea Latin
- conflagro Latin
- deflagro Latin
- effulgēns Latin
- flagro Latin
- flagrō Latin
- fulgeo Latin
- fulica Latin
- phlegma Latin
- Blitz German
- Blitzeis German
- Blitzkrieg German
- Blitzlampe German
- Blitzmeldung German
- Blitzsieg German
- Kugelblitz German
- blitzartig German
- blitzdingsen German
- blitzgescheit German
- blits Dutch, Flemish
- блиц Russian
- βαλιός Ancient Greek
- πυρίφλεκτος Ancient Greek
- πῦρ Ancient Greek
- φάλλαινα Ancient Greek
- φαλλός Ancient Greek
- φαλός Ancient Greek
- φλέγμα Ancient Greek
- φλέψ Ancient Greek
- φλεγματικός Ancient Greek
- φύλλον Ancient Greek
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰln- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰléh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰlī- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰl̥no- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰoln- Proto-Indo-European
- blits Norwegian Bokmål
- *balþaz Proto-Germanic
- *bellaną Proto-Germanic
- *blajinǭ Proto-Germanic
- *blasaz Proto-Germanic
- *blasǭ Proto-Germanic
- *blisk Proto-Germanic
- *blēsaną Proto-Germanic
- *blīkaną Proto-Germanic
- *bēlą Proto-Germanic
- flegma Swedish
- flegmatisk Swedish
- blits Norwegian Nynorsk
- blician Old English
- bylgian Old English
- þrotbolla Old English
- भर्ग Sanskrit
- भाल Sanskrit
- bali Old Norse
- bolr Old Norse
- bál Old Norse
- blitz Danish
- *bolto Proto-Slavic
- بلغم Arabic
- بَلْغَم Arabic
- blic Serbo-Croatian
- bilst Latvian
- բազմակ Old Armenian
- blits Afrikaans
- blitze Middle High German
- ბაზმაკი Georgian
- ფლეგმა Georgian
- *ballos Proto-Celtic
- *bello Proto-Celtic
- *blā Proto-Celtic
- baltã Aromanian
- *flagmā Proto-Italic
- *flagros, *flag-ros Proto-Italic
- baltas Lithuanian
- *bʰárgas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *bala Proto-Albanian
- *balā Proto-Albanian
- *bulna Proto-Albanian
- *bolʔto Proto-Balto-Slavic
- պլոր Middle Armenian
- päl- Tocharian B
- *bela Gaulish
- päl- Tocharian A
- phlegma LL
- balts Samogitian