- blàth
- I
bloom, blossom, Irish, Early Irish blàth, Welsh blawd, blodau, Cornish blodon, Middle Breton bleuzenn, *blâto-n; Indo-European root blela: bhlo, blossom forth; Latin flo$$-s, flower; English bloom, etc.IIwarm, kind, Irish, Early Irish bláith, soft, smooth, mláith, *mlâti; root mela, mlâ, to grind. The original idea is "ground soft". Cf. Welsh blawd, meal.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.