bloz

See also: błȫz

Old High German

Alternative forms

*blōt (Lombardic)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blautaz (“void, soft, emaciated”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlaw- (“frightened, weak”). Cognate with Old English blēat (“poor, miserable, naked”), Old Norse blautr (“weak, timid, afraid”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bloːt͡s/ (earlier)
IPA^(key): /bloːs/ (later)

Adjective

blōz

bare, naked

Descendants

Middle High German: blōz
- Alemannic German: bloos, blooss, blöiß
- Central Franconian:
  Kölsch: blus
- German: bloß
- Luxembourgish: blouss
- Rhine Franconian:
  Pennsylvania German: blooss
→ Occitan: blos, blous (“pure, empty, bare”)
- ⇒ Occitan: lano blouso (“pure or short wool”)
  - → French: blousse (“scraps of wool”)
    - ? ⇒ French: blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”) (see there for further descendants)
→ Latin: *blotiāre (from Lombardic *blōt)
- Medieval Latin: bluttāre

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