blawan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell, blow up”). Akin to Old High German blāen, Latin flō (“blow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblɑː.wɑn/ === Verb === blāwan to blow; breathe c. 994, Ælfric, On the Twelve Winds to be blown to sound to inflate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: blowen, blouen, blow, blowe, blowyn, blawe (Northern or Kent), blawen, bloawen (Early Middle English)English: blowGeordie: blaw Scots: blawYola: blay