The story
- Frankish · derived from*blīfald
- Germanic · derived from
- Old Northern French · derived frombliaunt
- Middle English · inherited frombleaunt
- English todaybleaunt
From Middle English bleaunt, blehand, blihand, from Old Northern French bliaunt, probably of Germanic origin, from Frankish *blīfald, from *blīu + *faldan. Compare Old French bliaut, blialt, Medieval Latin blialdus, Middle High German blīant, blīalt. More at English bliaut.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.