blain

Betekenis (Engels)

A skin swelling or sore; a blister; a blotch.

Concepten

tongblaar

Synoniemen

pimple

abscess

blister

boil

follicle

inflammation

pustule

vesicle

whelp

bladder

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bleɪn/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English blein, from Old English bleġen, bleġene, from Proto-Germanic *blajinǭ, *blajjinǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell up”). Cognate with West Frisian blein (“blain”), Dutch blein, blegn (“blain”), Middle Low German bleine (“blain”). Related also to dialectal Norwegian bleime (“blister”), Old Swedish blēma (“blister”), French bleime (“an inflammation of a horse's hoof”).