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בלײַ
‘lead’

בלײַ
'lead'

ETYMOLOGY

ON blý, OS blī, OHG blīo, blīwo, MHG blī, (gen.) blīwes, NHG Blei; from PGmc ✱blīwa- 'lead' < ✱mlīuo- (NIE); cf. Latin plumbum, Greek βόλιμος, μόλιβος
Borrowed from a non-IE language into multiple IE languages.


WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

ə blʲáːj אַ בלײַ 'a pencil' {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}