blay

(Engels)

The bleak (fish).

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: *blaye

Overgenomen van Oudengels: blǣġe

Verwant aan Duits: Bleie

In summary

From Middle English *blaye, *bleye, from Old English blǣġe (“blay, bleak, gudgeon”), from Proto-Germanic *blaigijǭ (“blay, bleak, gudgeon”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyk- (“to shine”). Cognate with German Bleie, Bleihe (“blay”).