英语词汇“Indo-European root: bhel-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: bhel-

释义

‌‌bhel-¹
To shine, flash, burn; shining white and various bright colors.
Derivatives include blue, bleach, blind, blond, blanket, black, flagrant, and flame.

Suffixed full-grade form *bhel-o‑.
1. 1. beluga, from Russian belyĭ, white;
  2. Beltane, from Scottish Gaelic bealltainn, from Old Irish beltaine, "fire of Bel" (ten, tene, fire), from Bel, name of a pagan Irish deity akin to the Gaulish divine name Belenos, from Celtic *bel-o‑.
2. phalarope, from Greek phalaros, having a white spot.
3. phalaenopsis, from Greek phallaina, moth (< *"white creature").
Extended root *bhleə₁‑, contracted to *bhlē‑.
1. Suffixed form *bhlē-wo‑. blue, from Old French bleu, blue, from Germanic *blēwaz, blue.
2. Suffixed zero-grade form *bhl̥ə-wo‑. flavescent, flavo-; flavin, flavone, flavoprotein, from Latin flāvus, golden or reddish yellow.
Various extended Germanic forms.
1. bleach, from Old English blǣcan, to bleach, from Germanic *blaikjan, to make white.
2. bleak¹, from Old Norse bleikr, shining, white, from Germanic *blaikaz, shining, white.
3. blitzkrieg, from Old High German blëcchazzen, to flash, lighten, from Germanic *blikkatjan.
4. 1. blaze¹, from Old English blæse, torch, bright fire;
  2. blesbok, from Middle Dutch bles, white spot;
  3. blemish, from Old French ble(s)mir, to make pale. a-c all from Germanic *blas‑, shining, white.
5. 1. blind; blindfold, purblind, from Old English blind, blind;
  2. blende, from Old High German blentan, to blind, deceive;
  3. blend, from Old Norse blanda, to mix;
  4. blond, from Old French blond, blond. a-d all from Germanic *blendaz, clouded, and *bland‑, *bland-ja‑, to mix, mingle (< "make cloudy").
6. 1. blench¹, from Old English blencan, to deceive;
  2. blanch, blank, blanket; blancmange, Pinot Blanc, from Old French blanc, white. Both a and b from Germanic *blenk‑, *blank‑, to shine, dazzle, blind.
7. blush, from Old English blyscan, to glow red, from Germanic *blisk‑, to shine, burn.
Extended root *bhleg‑, to shine, flash, burn.
1. O-grade form bhlog‑. black, from Old English blæc, black, from Germanic *blakaz, burned.
2. Zero-grade form *bhl̥g‑.
  1. fulgent, fulgurate; effulgent, foudroyant, refulgent, from Latin fulgēre, to flash, shine, and fulgur, lightning;
  2. fulminate, from Latin fulmen (< *fulg-men), lightning, thunderbolt.
3. 1. flagrant; conflagrant, conflagration, deflagrate, from Latin flagrāre, to blaze;
  2. chamise, flambé, flambeau, flamboyant, flame, flamingo, flammable; inflame, from Latin flamma (< *flag-ma), a flame.
4. phlegm, phlegmatic, Phlegethon, from Greek phlegein, to burn.
5. O-grade form *bhlog‑. phlogiston, phlox; phlogopite, from Greek phlox, a flame, also a wallflower.

[Pokorny 1. bhel‑ 118,bheleg‑ 124,bhleu-(k)‑ 159.]

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