blithe
Scots
/blaɪð/
adj
Definitions
- Happy ::: A howp ye haed a blithe birthday - I hope you had a happy birthday
Etymology
Derived from Old English blīþe, bliþe derived from Proto-Germanic *blīþiz (mild, friendly, pleasing).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*blīþiz
Gloss
mild, friendly, pleasing
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blithe English
- blitheful English
- blitheless English
- blithely English
- blithen English
- blitheness English
- blithesome English
- blij Dutch, Flemish
- blijdschap Dutch, Flemish
- blijeinde Dutch, Flemish
- blijheid Dutch, Flemish
- blijmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- blijspel Dutch, Flemish
- zielsblij Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰlī- Proto-Indo-European
- *blīþiz Proto-Germanic
- bliþe Old English
- blīþe Old English
- blīþe, bliþe Old English
- blithe Middle English
- blíðr Old Norse
- blíður Icelandic
- ómblíður Icelandic
- blide Middle Dutch
- 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *blīþī gmw-pro
- *blīthi Old Dutch
- blidi Old Saxon
- *blīthe Old Frisian