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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *blē̂- (2) vb.
Meaning: bleat
Lettish: blêt (-êju) `blöken, meckern'
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *bhlē-
Meaning: to bleat, to weep
Latin: fleō, flēre, flēvī, flētum `(be)weinen'
Russ. meaning: блеять, плакать
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: бле́ять,
Near etymology: бле́ю, укр. блíя́ти, русск.-цслав. блѣяти, болг. бле́я, сербохорв. бле́jати, блеjи̑м, словен. blę́jati.
Further etymology: Родственно лтш. blêt "блеять", ср.-в.-н. blæjen "блеять", возм., также лат. flēre "плакать"; см. М. -- Э. 1, 315; Бернекер 1, 60; Хольтхаузен, Aengl. Wb. 26. Ср. также блекота́ть.
Pages: 1,174
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *blējan-, *blētan-, *blaitan-, vb.
Meaning: bleat
Old English: blǟtan
East Frisian: Fris blēte, blētsje
Middle Dutch: blēten `blaten, janken', blāten `loeien'
Dutch: blaten, dial. blēten, blèten
Middle Low German: blēten
Old High German: { blāʒen }
Middle High German: blǟjen, blǟgen, blǟn wk. `blöken'
German: { dial. blässen }
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 259
Root: bhlē-
English meaning: to howl, weep
German meaning: `heulen, laut weinen, blöken'
Material: Lat. fleō, flēre (*bhlēi̯ō) `(be)weine'; lett. blêju, blêt `blöken';
r.-ksl. blěju, blějati `blöken' (daneben skr. bléjīm, bléjati `blöken' usw., mit ĕ); mhd.blǣjen `blöken' (germ. *blējan = lat. fleō); ahd. blāzan, nnd. blässen, ags. blǣtan, engl. to bleat `blöken', ags. blagettan, blǣgettan `schreien', ndd. blage n. `Kind'; mhd. blēren, blerren `blöken, schreien', nhd. plärren, plären (auch `weinen'), ndl. blaren `blöken', engl. to blare `brüllen'; ablautend mhd. blürjen, blüelen (*blōljan), dissimil. brüelen `brüllen'; schwundstufig mhd. bral `Schrei', schwäb. brallǝ `schreien'.
References: WP. II 120, WH. I 516.
See also: Vgl. bhel-6 und die Schallwurzel blē-.
Pages: 154-155
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