bloz

See also: błȫz

Old High German

Alternative forms

• *blōt — Lombardic

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blaut, 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

1. bare, naked

Descendants

• Middle High German: blōz
  • Alemannic German: bloos, blooss, blöiß (Einsiedeln)
  • Central Franconian:

    Kölsch: blus

  • German: bloß
  • Luxembourgish: blouss
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: blooss

  • Yiddish: בלויז (bloyz)
• → 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