blár
Icelandic
/plauːr/
adj
Definitions
- blue (colour)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse blár (blue, livid, dark) derived 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
- Blu-ray English
- Blue Crown English
- Bluebeard English
- Bluegown English
- Blueshirt English
- Bluetooth English
- Bluey English
- Chinese blue English
- Egyptian blue English
- Han blue English
- antiblue English
- blue English
- blue screen English
- blue state English
- blue-collar English
- blue-gray English
- blue-green English
- blue-grey English
- blue-pencil English
- blue-red English
- blue-ringed octopus English
- blueback English
- bluebeat English
- bluebell English
- bluebelly English
- blueberry English
- bluebill English
- bluebird English
- bluebook English
- bluebottle English
- bluebreast English
- bluebunch English
- bluecap English
- bluecoat English
- bluecurls English
- bluefaced English
- bluefin English
- bluefish English
- bluegill English
- bluegrass English
- bluehair English
- bluehead English
- blueish English
- blueism English
- bluejacket English
- blueline English
- blueliner English
- bluely English
- bluen English
- blueness English
- bluenose English
- blueprint English
- blueschist English
- bluescreen English
- blueshift English
- bluestar English
- bluestem English
- bluestockinged English
- bluestone English
- bluestripe English
- bluetail English
- blueth English
- bluethroat English
- bluetongue English
- blueward English
- bluewards English
- bluewash English
- bluewater English
- blueway English
- blueweed English
- bluewing English
- bluey English
- bluing English
- bluish English
- deep blue sea English
- gray-blue English
- grey-blue English
- monoblue English
- nonblue English
- plushblue English
- reblue English
- unblue English
- wine-blue English
- wineblue English
- *blāvus, *blavus Latin
- blavus Latin
- blāvus Latin
- *bʰl(e)h₁uos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁-wos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰléh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰlēw- Proto-Indo-European
- blå Norwegian Bokmål
- *blēwaz Proto-Germanic
- blå Swedish
- ブルー Japanese
- blå Norwegian Nynorsk
- bla Middle English
- blewe Middle English
- blá Old Norse
- blámaðr Old Norse
- blár Old Norse
- blå Danish
- blau Catalan, Valencian
- aðalbláber Icelandic
- ber Icelandic
- bláber Icelandic
- blágreni Icelandic
- blágresi Icelandic
- blágrænn Icelandic
- bláhrafn Icelandic
- blálanga Icelandic
- blálilja Icelandic
- blámaður Icelandic
- blásveifgras Icelandic
- blásýra Icelandic
- blátoppastör Icelandic
- blávingull Icelandic
- fagur Icelandic
- fagurblár Icelandic
- fjóla Icelandic
- fjólublár Icelandic
- greni Icelandic
- grænn Icelandic
- heið Icelandic
- heiðblár Icelandic
- hrafn Icelandic
- langa Icelandic
- lilja Icelandic
- maður Icelandic
- safír Icelandic
- safírblár Icelandic
- stör Icelandic
- sveifgras Icelandic
- sýra Icelandic
- toppur Icelandic
- vingull Icelandic
- blāo Old High German
- blua Ido
- bláur Faroese
- *blāu gmw-pro
- plabe Cimbrian
- blaaw Alemannic German
- bluu Swahili
- blau Occitan
- blå Westrobothnian
- blau Romansh
- blo Romansh
- blov Romansh
- *blāu Frankish
- būļu Marshallese
- blu Tok Pisin
- blew xno
- blu Bislama
- bulu Fiji Hindi
- buluug Somali