blad

Swedish

/¹blɑːd/

noun
Definitions
  • (botany) Blade, leaf; an organ of a plant.
  • Leaf, sheet; a piece of paper (including a map sheet)
  • Blade; the sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish blaþ inherited from Old Norse blað inherited from Proto-Germanic *bladą (leaf) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃otom, *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

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