bleed

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*blōdijaną“to bleed”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*blōdijan
3. Old English · inherited fromblēdan“to bleed”
4. Middle English · inherited frombleden
5. English todaybleed

From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną (“to bleed”), from *blōþą (“blood”). Cognates Cognate with Scots blede, bleid (“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide (“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede (“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden (“to bleed”), Low German blöden (“to bleed”), German bluten (“to bleed”), Danish bløde (“to bleed”), Swedish blöda (“to bleed”).