January theme: 98 … 99 … 100! 💯
Teaser
bleach,
blank,
black,
blue,
beluga,
flame,
Baltic,
pool
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- to shine
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰoltós
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Balto-Slavic
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Baltic
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East Baltic
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Latin Balthae
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Illyrian *balta swamp
- Albanian baltë mud
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Balto-Slavic *balta
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Latin Balthae
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Slavic *bolto swamp, mud
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East Slavic болото boloto
- Russian болото boloto bog, swamp, quagmire, marsh
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South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic ⰱⰾⰰⱅⱁ / блато blato swamp, quagmire
- Serbo-Croatian блато blato mud
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West Slavic
- Greek βάλτος váltos swamp, bog
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Latin blattea swamp, muck, splatter
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Latin blatta light-shunning insect, blood clot, purple
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Central Romance
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Western Romance
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Greek βλαττα dyed purple wool
- Greek μεταξαβλαττα spun purple fabric
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Eastern Romance
- Romanian baltă puddle, pond, muddy water, swamp
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥wós
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Celtic *blāwos
- Old Irish blá yellow, blond
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Germanic *blēwaz blue, dark blue, blue-black
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North Germanic *blāwaʀ
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Old Norse blár blue
- Danish blå blue
- Icelandic blár blue
- Scots blae blue
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Old Norse *blátǫnn nickname: Blue-tooth, Dark-tooth
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Old East Norse
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Danish Blåtand
- Latin Blatan
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West Germanic *blāu
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Old English blāw
- Scots blae blue
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Middle English blew / blewe blue, blue-black, bruise-colored
- English Bluetooth
- English blue
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Frankish
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Dutch blauw blue, bruised, drunk
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Old French blew blue
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Middle English blew / blewe blue, blue-black, bruise-colored
- English Bluetooth
- English blue
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Middle French
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French bleu blue
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French bleu de Gênes
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English jean
- Czech džíny jeans
- French jean jeans
- Greek μπλε ble
- Italian blu blue
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Old High German blāo blue
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Middle High German
- German blau blue, drunk
- Yiddish בלוי bloy blue
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Italic *βlāwos
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Latin flāvus yellow, blond, flaxen
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Latin Flavus brother of Arminius "The Blond", probably not his real name
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Latin Flavius family name, personal name: of the Blond
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Central Romance
- Italian Flavio personal name
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰelos
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Celtic *belo shining
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Brythonic *bel
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Brythonic *bel-? shining land?
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Classical Greek Βελέριον Cornwall
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Celtic *belotanos shining-fire
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Old Irish Beltaine
- Irish Bealtaine May, Beltane
- English Beltane
- Celtic *belenos? shining one?
- Gaulish Belenos divinity of the Sun
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Brythonic *Belinos
- Medieval Latin Belinus
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Celtic *Kunobelenos personal name: Hound (Champion) of Belenos?, Hound-Strong?
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Brythonic *Cunobelinos
- Welsh Cynfelyn
- Latin Cunobelinus
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Medieval Latin Kimbelinus
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰolos?
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Balto-Slavic *bálˀas
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Baltic
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East Baltic
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Lithuanian balas white
- Lithuanian balà swamp, mire, morass
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Germanic *balaz
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East Germanic
- Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌰- bala- shining, grey
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West Germanic *bal
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Old English *bal shining
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Old English *balod shined? past participle
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥lós? *bʰl̥nós?
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Indo-Iranian
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Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit 𑀪𑀸𑀮 bhāla splendor, lustre, forehead, brow
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Hellenic
- Classical Greek φαλός phalós white
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰelō
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Albanian balë white spot on forehead, badger
- Albanian bal dog or goat (with white spot)
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Old Armenian բալ bal fog, mist
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Germanic *bēlą fire, pyre
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North Germanic *bālą
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Old Norse bál fire
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Old East Norse
- Danish bål fire, bonfire, pyre
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Old West Norse
- Icelandic bál fire, bonfire, conflagration
- Old Norse Báleygr divine epithet: Flaming-Eye (of Odin)
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West Germanic *bāl
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Old English bǣl pyre, bonfire, fire, flame, blaze
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Middle English bale
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Old English bǣlfȳr sacrifical fire, funeral fire, balefire
- Welsh bal blaze
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰolikos shiningness?
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Italic
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Latin fulica coot, waterfowl
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Central Romance
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Western Romance
- Translingual Fulica taxonomic genus of rails, the coots
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlHs
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Old Armenian
- Armenian բիլ bil light blue
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Balto-Slavic
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Slavic *bě̃lъ white
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East Slavic
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Belarusian белы bjely white
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Belarusian Беларусь Bjelarusʹ Belarus lit. "White Rus/Ruthenia/Russia"
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Russian белый belyj white
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Russian белуга beluga beluga
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South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic ⰱⱑⰾⱏ / бѣлъ bělŭ white
- Bulgarian бял bjal white, fair
- Serbo-Croatian бео / beo white, blank
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West Slavic
- Czech bílý white
- Polish biały white, pale, clear
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Slavic *Bělъgordъ White-City
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East Slavic Бѣлъгородъ Bělŭgorodŭ White-City, Belgorod
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Russian Белгород Belgorod Belgorod
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South Slavic *Belgradъ White-City, Belgrade
- Serbo-Croatian Београд Beograd Belgrade
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Russian Белград Belgrad Belgrade
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰelg-
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰélgeti
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Hellenic
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Classical Greek φλέγω phlégō I set on fire, I scorch, I kindle, I inflame
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Classical Greek φλέγμα phlégma flame, heat, inflammation, phlegm
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Arabic بَلْغَم balḡam phlegm, sputum
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Ottoman Turkish بالغام balgam
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Latin phlegma
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Old French fleume phlegm
- French flegma phlegm spelling and pronunciation remodelled after Latin
- English phlegm spelling remodelled after Latin/Greek
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Italian flemma phlegm
- Spanish flema phlegm
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Classical Greek φλογιστός phlogistós burnt up, flammable
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰélgeyeti
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Italic *βolgējezi
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Latin fulgēre to flash, to glare, to shine
- Italian fulgere to shine, to sparkle
- Spanish fulgir to shine, to glow
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰelgós
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Indo-Iranian *bʰárgas
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Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit भर्गः bhárgaḥ radiance, splendor
- Tocharian *pälk- to burn, to illuminate, to see
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥gros
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Italic *flagros burning
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Italic *flagrāzi
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Latin flagrāre to burn, to blaze
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥gmh₂-
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Italic *flagma
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Latin flamma
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Central Romance
- Italian fiamma flame, pennant, flash
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Western Romance
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Old French flame
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Middle French flame
- Middle English flame / flawme / flambe
- English flame
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Old Occitan flama
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Old Occitan flamenc flaming
- Spanish llama flame
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Latin flammula
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Western Romance
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Old French flamble
- Middle English flame / flawme / flambe
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Middle French
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰléyti it shines? zero-grade deponent imperfective?
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰley- reanalyzed root
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- extension
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰléyǵeti
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Germanic *blīkaną to gleam, to shine
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West Germanic *blīkan
- Old English blīcan to shine, to glitter, to twinkle
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Frankish *blīcan
- Dutch blijken to appear, to become apparent, to turn out
- Old High German blīhhan
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West Germanic *blikkattjan intensive verb
- Old English blīccettan
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Old High German blekkezzen / blechazan
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Middle High German bleczen
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German blitzen to lighten, to flash
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German Blitz lightning, flash
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German Blitzkrieg blitzkrieg lit. "Lightning-War"
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰlinéǵti
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Germanic *blinkaną to shine, to twinkle, to blink, to wink
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West Germanic *blinkan
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Old English *blincan
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Frankish *blinkan
- Dutch blinken to shine, to glitter
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Old Saxon *blinkan
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Middle Low German
- Low German blinken
- Danish blinke to blink, to wink, to glitter, to flash
- German blinken to blink
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Germanic *blankaz *blankō *blanką bright, shining, white
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North Germanic
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Old Norse blakkr
- Norwegian blakk faded, pale yellow or brown, muddy, bankrupt
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West Germanic *blank *blanku *blank
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Old English blanc white, greyish-white, pallid": "white
- Middle English blank / blonc / blaunche
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Frankish *blank
- Dutch blank white, pale
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Latin blancus
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Central Romance
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Italian bianco / bianca white, blank, linen
- Italian Bianco personal name: White
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Italian Bianca personal name: White
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Western Romance
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Old French blans / blanc / blanche white
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Middle French blanc / blanche white
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French blanc / blanche white, blank
- French blanc-seing blank check, carte banche
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Middle French Blanche personal name: White
- French Blanche personal name: White
- English Blanche
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Middle English blank / blonc / blaunche white
- Spanish blanco / blanca white
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Old High German blank
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Middle High German blank
- German blank bright, clean, polished, naked, pure
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Old Saxon *blank
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Middle Low German blank
- Low German blank
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Old East Norse
- Danish blank shiny, glossy, blank
- Swedish blank shiny, glossy, blank
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰliǵsḱéti iterative
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Balto-Slavic
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East Baltic
- Lithuanian blizgėti to shine, to glitter, to sparkle
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyǵós *bʰloyǵéh₂ *bʰloyǵóm
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Germanic *blaikaz *blaikō *blaiką pale, white
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North Germanic *blaikaʀ
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Old Norse bleikr / bleik / bleikt
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Old East Norse
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Old West Norse
- Icelandic bleikur / bleik / bleikt pink, pale
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West Germanic *blaik
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Old English blāc / blǣċ pale, shining, white
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Frankish *blēk
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Old High German bleih
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Middle High German
- German bleich pale, pallid
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Lombardic
- Italian biacca white lead, ceruse
- Yiddish בלייך bleykh pale
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Germanic *blaikijaną to bleach, to whiten
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North Germanic
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Old Norse bleikja
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Old East Norse
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Old West Norse
- Icelandic bleikja to bleach
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West Germanic *blaikēn
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Old English blǣċan
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Frankish *blēken
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Old High German bleihhen
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Middle High German
- German bleichen to bleach, to fade
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰlóyǵskos
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Balto-Slavic *bloiskos
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Baltic
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Slavic *blě̑skъ glitter, flash
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East Slavic блѣскъ blěskŭ
- Russian блеск blesk brilliance, glitter, lustre, shine
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South Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian блијесак / blijesak flash, glare, shine
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West Slavic
- Polish blask brightness, brilliance, glare, shine
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰlegós *bʰlegéh₂ *bʰlegóm
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Germanic *blakaz *blakō *blaką burnt, black
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North Germanic *blakaʀ
- Old Norse blakkr dusky, black
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West Germanic *blak
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Old English blæc / blacu black, ink
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Middle English blak / black black
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Danish blæk ink
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Frankish *blak
- Old High German blah
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- to blow, to swell up
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- to sound; to speak, roar, bark
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- to cry
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁ti
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁yeti
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Italic *flejezi
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Italic *flēzi
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Latin flēre to weep, to cry, to lament
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Latin flēbilis tearful, lamentable
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Vulgar Latin *fēbelis dissimilation
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Western Romance
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Old French feble
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Middle English feble
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Old French foible
- French faible
- English foible
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁tis
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Pre-Germanic *blētis?
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Germanic *blētijaną to bleat
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West Germanic *blātijan to bleat
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Old English blǣtan to baa, to bleat
- English bleat
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Scots blait
- English ball
- English phallus
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥os
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Germanic *bulaz trunk, plank
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North Germanic
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Old Norse bolr trunk (tree or body)
- Icelandic bolur torso, trunk, t-shirt
- Swedish bål torso
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Old English
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West Germanic
- Frankish *bolwerk
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Old High German
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Middle High German bolwerk bulwark, stronghold
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Dutch bolwerk
- English bulwark
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French boulevard
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-
- English blow
- English bladder
- English flavor
- English inflate
- English blast
- English blazon
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-
- English fluid
- English flux
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- flower
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃e-ti
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Germanic *blōaną to bloom, to flower
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West Germanic *blōan
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Old English blōwan to bloom, to flower, to flourish
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Middle English blowen to bloom, to flower, to flourish
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Frankish
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Middle Dutch bloeyen
- Dutch bloeien to blossom, to develop, to flourish
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Old High German bluoen
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Middle High German blüejen / blüen
- German blühen to blossom, to thrive
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Old Saxon blōian / blōjan
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Middle Low German blōien / blōen
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Germanic *blōmô flower
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East Germanic
- Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 blōma flower
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North Germanic
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Old Norse blóm flower
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Old West Norse
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Middle English blome flower
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West Germanic *blōmō
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Old English blōma the spongy mass of iron that results from smelting
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Frankish *blōmō *bluomō
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Middle Dutch bloeme flower, bloom
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Dutch bloem flower, bloom, flour
- Dutch bloemlezing anthology
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Dutch Bloemfontein place name: Flower fountain? Bloem's Fountain?
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Germanic *blōdiz resultative noun
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West Germanic *blōdi
- Old English blēd shoot, branch, leaf, fruit, harvest, yield
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Old High German bluot
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Middle High German
- German Blüte blossom, flower
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃s
- Albanian bleron to blossom, to thrive
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Germanic *blōz?
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Germanic *blōstaz
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Germanic *blōsmō *blōstmō
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North Germanic
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Old Norse blómstr flower
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Old East Norse
- Danish blomst flower
- Swedish blomster flower, flowering plant
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West Germanic
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Old English blōstma flower, blossom, fruit
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Frankish *bluostmo
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Middle Dutch bloeseme / bloesem
- Dutch bloesem a blossom, a bloom
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Italic *flōs
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Latin flōs / flōrem a flower, a blossom
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Insular Romance
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Eastern Romance
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Central Romance
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Italian fiore flower, blossom, surface
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Italian fiorino d'oro / fiorino florin lit. "little flower of gold"
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Old French florin
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Middle French
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Middle English florin / floren
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Western Romance
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Old French flor flower
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Middle French
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French fleur flower
- Haitian Creole flè flower
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French fleur de sel
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Middle English flour flower, virtue, benefit, exemplar, flour
- English flour
- English flower
- Scots flour / flouer flower, flour
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Middle Welsh fflwr
- Old Norse flúr flower, flour
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Middle Irish plúr flower, flour
- Irish plúr flower, flour
- Scottish Gaelic flùr flour, flower
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Latin Flōra divinity of flowers
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Latin flōrēre to bloom, to flower, to flourish, to be colorful
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Central Romance
- Italian fiorire to flower, to flourish
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Western Romance
- Spanish florear to flower
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Latin flōrens / flōrentem flowering, flourishing
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Latin Flōrentia place name, Florence
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Central Romance
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Western Romance
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French Florence
- Spanish Florencia
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Latin flōrēscere to begin to blossom, to begin to prosper
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Western Romance
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Old French
- French fleurir to flower, to bloom, to flourish
- English flourish
- Spanish florecer to flower, to flourish
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Latin *inflōrēscere
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Eastern Romance
- Aromanian nflurescu I flower, I bloom
- Romanian înflori to flower, to bloom
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Latin flōridus blooming, flowery, florid
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French floride
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Spanish flórido
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Latin flōrilegus flower-gathering (esp. of bees)
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Latin flōrilegium anthology (Renaissance)
- French florilège anthology
- Spanish florilegio anthology
- Dutch bloemlezing anthology
- Latin *cauli-flōre cabbage flower
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus
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Celtic *blātus
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Brythonic *blọd
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Welsh blodyn flower
- Welsh Blodeuwedd personal name: Flower-Form
- Welsh Blodwen personal name: Flower-Fair
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Gaulish *blātōnā
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Latin bladona mullein, nightshade
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Italian belladonna deadly nightshade, belladonna
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Old Irish bláth flower, blossom, bloom
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Middle Irish
- Irish bláth flower
- Manx blaa flower, bloom, exmplar, heyday
- Scottish Gaelic blàth flower, bloom, consequence, heyday
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃to
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Germanic *bladą leaf, sheet of paper, blade
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North Germanic
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Old Norse blað leaf, herb
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Danish blad leaf, petal, blade, sheet of paper, newspaper
- Danish bladre to turn pages, to browse
- Icelandic blað sheet of paper, newspaper, leaf, blade
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West Germanic *blad
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Old English blæd leaf, blade
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Frankish *blat
- Dutch blad leaf, sheet of paper, page, newspaper
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Old High German blat
- German Blatt leaf, petal, sheet of paper, card, blade, foil, newspaper
- Yiddish בלאַט blat leaf, sheet of paper, newspaper
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Tocharian
- Arshian pält leaf, blade
- Kushean pilta leaf, blade
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom
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Hellenic
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Classical Greek φύλλον phúllon leaf, foliage, plant
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Greek φύλλο fýllo leaf, sheet, foil, filo
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French chlorophylle chlorophyll coined by Caventou and Pelletier in 1817, lit. "green-leaf"
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Italic
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Latin folium / folia leaf, petal, sheet of paper, trifle
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Central Romance
- Italian foglia leaf
- Italian foglio sheet
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Insular Romance
- Sardinian fógiu sheet, paper, blade
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Eastern Romance
- Romanian foaie sheet of paper, leaf
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Western Romance
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Old French fueille leaf
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Middle French feuille / fueille
- French feuille leaf, sheet of paper
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Middle English foyle / ffoyl / foille
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Old French fueillage
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Middle French
- French feuillage leaves (collective)
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Middle English ffoylage
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Old Spanish foja
- Spanish hoja leaf, petal, blade, sheet, foil, pane
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Middle English folio
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰolyo-
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Old Armenian բող boł
- Armenian բող boł bur parsley
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Old Armenian բողբոջ bołboǰ shoot, sprout, bud, descendants reduplication
- Armenian բողբոջ bołboǰ bud
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- to swell
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰólǵʰos
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Old Armenian բողկ bołk radish
- Armenian բողկ bołk radish
- Georgian ბოლოკი boloḳi radish, turnip
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Old Armenian բողկուկ bołkuk newly grown horn
- Armenian բողկուկ bołkuk newly grown horn, radish
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Celtic *bolgos sack, bag, stomach
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Brythonic *bolɣ sack, bag, stomach
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Gaulish *bolgā
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Latin bulga knapsack, wallet, purse
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Central Romance
- Italian bolgia bag, pouch, ditch, crowd
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Western Romance
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Old French bouge sack, purse, small bag
- French bouge hovel, bulge
- English bulge
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Old French bougette coin purse
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Old Irish bolg belly, sack, bellows
- Old Irish Gáe Bolga
- Irish bolg
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Old Irish fir bolg mythical inhabitants of Ireland before the Tuatha Dé Danann
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Old Irish hi mbolg in the belly perhaps referring to pregnancy of ewes. Eclipsis of b to mb
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Irish Imbolg Imbolc, St. Brigid's Day, Irish lambing festival
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? *molko-
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Germanic *malhō leather bag
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West Germanic *malhu leather bag
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Frankish *malha
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Old French male pack, bag
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French malle suitcase, trunk
- French mallette briefcase
- Spanish mala suitcase, mailbag, mail
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Middle English male bag, pack, wallet, belly
- English mail
- Irish mála bag, stomach, appetite
- Classical Greek μολγός molgós cow-hide bag
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰolǵʰis
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Germanic *balgiz bag
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East Germanic
- Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 balgs bag, wineskin
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North Germanic *balgiʀ
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Old Norse belgr skin of an animal removed whole, skin bag, bellows
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Old East Norse
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Old West Norse
- Icelandic belgur skin, hide, pelt, skin bag, bellows, belly
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West Germanic *balgi
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Old English bælġ bag, belly, bellows
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Middle English bely belly
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Middle English belwe belly Northern variant
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Frankish *balg
- Dutch balg leather bag, bellows, cover for a moving joint
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Old High German balg
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Middle High German balc
- German Balg hide, bellows, follicle, brat
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Indo-Iranian *bʰarĵʰíš pillow, bed, bag filled with grass stuffing and used as a mattress
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Indo-Aryan *barźʰíṣ
- Sanskrit 𑀩𑀭𑁆𑀳𑀺𑀲𑁆 barhís bed of grass
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Iranian *barĵíš
- Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱 barəziš pad, pillow
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Scythian
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Western Iranian
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Northwestern Iranian
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Old Armenian բարձ barj pillow, cushion, throne, dignity, base of a triangle, thigh
- Armenian բարձ barj pillow, cushion
- Georgian ბარძაყი barʒaq̇i hip, thigh, haunch
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Old Persian *bāldiš
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Persian بالش bâleš pillow, cushion
- Georgian ბალიში bališi pillow, cushion
- Ottoman Turkish بالش bâliş pillow
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰolǵʰnis
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Italic *βolɣnis
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Latin follis bellows, purse, small value coin (by extension from purse), (inflated) ball, belly
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Central Romance
- Italian folle madman, insane
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Eastern Romance
- Romanian foale bellows, belly, abdomen
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Western Romance
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Old French fol madman, mad, foolish, silly
- French fou madman
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Middle English fole fool
- Spanish fuele bellows, steam, stamina
- Latin follicāre to pant, to breathe, to blow like a bellows
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Latin folliculus small bag, ball, bud, husk, skin
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Proto-Indo-European *?
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Germanic *bulgijǭ
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North Germanic *bulgjǭ
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Old Norse bylgja wave, billow
- Danish bølge wave
- Icelandic bylgja wave, billow, tilde
- English billow
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Germanic *bulstraz bolster, pillow, cushion
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North Germanic *bulstraʀ
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Old Norse bólstr bolster, pillow
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Icelandic bólstur bolster, pillow
- Icelandic bólstraský cumulus lit. "pillow-cloud"
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West Germanic *bolstr
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Old English bolster pillow, cushion
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Middle English bolster cushion, pillow, pad
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Old High German bolstar
- German Polster pad, cushion, upholstery
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰolǵʰineh₂
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Balto-Slavic
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West Baltic
- Old Prussian balsinis cushion
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Slavic *bolzina
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East Slavic
- Russian болозно bolozno thick plank
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South Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian блазина blazina pillow dialectic
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥ǵʰnom
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Germanic *bulkną
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Germanic *blukką
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West Germanic *blokk block, log
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Frankish *blok
- Dutch blok a block
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Old French bloc
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French bloc a block, a bloc, a pad of paper
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Middle English blok
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Old High German bloh
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Middle High German bloch
- German Bloch
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Middle High German bloc
- German Block a block, a bloc, a pad of paper
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Old Saxon blok
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Middle Low German blok
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Middle High German bloc
- German Block a block, a bloc, a pad of paper
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰon
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Germanic *balkô beam, balk
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North Germanic
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Old Norse bǫlkr
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Old English balca
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Middle English balke balk, ridge, beam
- English balk
- Scots bauk
- Yola balke balk, beam, impediment
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West Germanic *balkō
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Frankish *balkō
- Dutch balk
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Old French bauc
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Middle French bauche roof beams
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French bâche tarpaulin, tank, tide pool
- Spanish baca luggage rack
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Italian balco balcony, scaffold
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Italian balcone balcony
- English balcony
- French balcon balcony
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? Central European substrate?
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Illyrian *balta swamp
- Albanian baltë mud
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Balto-Slavic *balta
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Latin Balthae
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Slavic *bolto swamp, mud
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East Slavic болото boloto
- Russian болото boloto bog, swamp, quagmire, marsh
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South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic ⰱⰾⰰⱅⱁ / блато blato swamp, quagmire
- Serbo-Croatian блато blato mud
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West Slavic
- Greek βάλτος váltos swamp, bog
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Latin blattea swamp, muck, splatter
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Latin blatta light-shunning insect, blood clot, purple
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Central Romance
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Western Romance
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Greek βλαττα dyed purple wool
- Greek μεταξαβλαττα spun purple fabric
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Eastern Romance
- Romanian baltă puddle, pond, muddy water, swamp
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Northwestern Indo-European *bel- *bal- pool, pond, marsh?
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Northwestern Indo-European *bl̥nos
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Germanic *pullaz pool, puddle, creek, ditch
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North Germanic *pullaʀ
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Old Norse pollr
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Old West Norse
- Faroese pollur
- Icelandic pollur pond, pool, puddle
- Scots poll / pow / powll ditch, creek, inlet
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Brythonic *pull
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Old Breton pul
- Breton poull
- Old Breton Pul-Bili
- Cornish poll
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Welsh pwll pool, puddle, pond, pit
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Welsh Llanfair y Pwllgwyngyll St. Mary's Church at the Pool of the White Hazel
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Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
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Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
- English Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
- English Llanfair PG
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Welsh trobwll whirlpool, maelstrom
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Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
- English Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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Middle Irish poll
- Irish poll hole, puddle, pit, shaft, leak, pothole
- Manx poyll hole, pool, bay
- Scottish Gaelic poll mud, mire, pond, bog
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West Germanic *pull
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Old English pull pool, creek
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Brythonic *pull
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Old Breton pul
- Breton poull
- Old Breton Pul-Bili
- Cornish poll
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Welsh pwll pool, puddle, pond, pit
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Welsh Llanfair y Pwllgwyngyll St. Mary's Church at the Pool of the White Hazel
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Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
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Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
- English Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
- English Llanfair PG
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Welsh trobwll whirlpool, maelstrom
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Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
- English Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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Middle Irish poll
- Irish poll hole, puddle, pit, shaft, leak, pothole
- Manx poyll hole, pool, bay
- Scottish Gaelic poll mud, mire, pond, bog
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Middle English pill
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English pill inlet, tidal pool
- Old Saxon *pull *poll
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Northwestern Indo-European *bōlos
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Germanic *pōlaz pool
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West Germanic *pōl
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Old English pōl pool
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Frankish *puol
- Dutch poel pool, puddle, chasm
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Old High German pfuol
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Old Saxon *pōl
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Middle Low German pôl / pûl
- Low German Pool / Pohl / Puhl
- Danish pøl puddle
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Northwestern Indo-European *bolo-?
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Balto-Slavic *bálˀa-?
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Baltic
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East Baltic
- Lithuanian balà swamp, mire, morass
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Collected English words
blow,
full-blown,
bloom,
bloom,
Bloemfontein,
blossom,
florin,
flour,
flower,
flora,
Florence,
flourish,
florid,
Florida,
belladonna,
blade,
phyllo,
chlorophyll,
foil,
foliage,
folio,
jean,
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch,
Llanfair PG,
pill,
pool,
fleur de sel,
feeble,
foible,
bleat,
blatant,
ball,
phallus,
bole,
bollard,
bulwark,
boulevard,
blow,
bladder,
flavor,
inflate,
blast,
blazon,
fluid,
flux,
Baltic,
Bluetooth,
blue,
Beltane,
bald,
bale,
balefire,
Fulica,
Belarus,
beluga,
Belgorod,
Belgrade,
phlegm,
phlogiston,
flagrent,
flame,
flamengo,
blitzkrieg,
blink,
Bianca,
Blanche,
blank,
bleak,
bleach,
black,
Blackpill,
bulge,
budget,
firbolg,
Imbolc,
mail,
belly,
bellows,
fool,
follice,
billow,
bolster,
bloc,
block,
balk,
balcony,
Cymbeline
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