blaze

blaze · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰel-“to shine, be white”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*blasǭ“torch”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*blasā
4. Old English · inherited fromblæse
5. Middle English · inherited fromblase
6. English todayblaze

From Middle English blase, from Old English blæse, blase (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”), from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ (“torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine, be white”). Cognate with Low German blas (“burning candle, torch, fire”), Middle High German blas (“candle, torch, flame”).

blaze · verb²

1. Middle English · derived fromblase“torch”
2. Middle English · inherited fromblasen
3. English todayblaze

From Middle English blasen, from Middle English blase (“torch”). See above.

blaze · noun, verb³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰel-“shiny, white”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*blasį̄
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*blasī
4. Middle Low German · borrowed fromblesse
5. Dutch · borrowed frombles
6. English todayblaze

] A 1639 borrowing, perhaps from Dutch bles or Middle Low German blesse, bles, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *blasī, from Proto-Germanic *blasį̄, from *blasaz (“white, pale (of animals)”) + *-į̄ (forming nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”). Cognate with German Blesse, Swedish bläs. The verb is from the noun.

blaze · verb, noun⁴

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*blēsaną“to blow”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*blāsan
3. Old English · inherited from*blǣsan
4. Middle English · inherited fromblasen“to blow”
5. English todayblaze

From Middle English blasen (“to blow”), from Old English *blǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną (“to blow”). Related to English blast.

Blaze · proper noun⁵

Variant of Blaise.

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