blind
Swedish
adjective
Definitions
- blind; unable or failing to see
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish blinder inherited from Old Norse blindr inherited from Proto-Germanic *blindaz root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (see badly, become turbid, go blind, be blind, grow turbid, dim, ruddy, red-haired, blond).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰlendʰ-
Gloss
see badly, become turbid, go blind, be blind, grow turbid, dim, ruddy, red-haired, blond
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bʰlendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- blind Norwegian Bokmål
- *blandaną Proto-Germanic
- *blandijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blindaz Proto-Germanic
- *blundaz Proto-Germanic
- färg Swedish
- färgblind Swedish
- färgblindhet Swedish
- blind Norwegian Nynorsk
- blind Old English
- ब्रध्न Sanskrit
- blinder Old Norse
- blindleikr Old Norse
- blindr Old Norse
- blundur Old Norse
- blind Danish
- *blędь Proto-Slavic
- *blǫdъ Proto-Slavic
- blindur Icelandic
- blint Old High German
- blindur Faroese
- blann Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- *blind gmw-pro
- *blint Old Dutch
- blind Old Saxon
- blinder Old Swedish
- blyn Western Frisian
- blind Old Frisian
- blind German Low German
- *blend- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *blenstei Proto-Balto-Slavic