Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *bladąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_bladą
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pältleaf, blade
nounneutera-stemleaf (of a plant)sheetblade (flat surface of a tool or weapon)From Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-o-tó-m, from *bʰleh₃- (‘bloom, flower’); compare Tocharian A pält (‘leaf, blade’). Synchronically analyzed as a nominal derivative of *blōaną (‘to bloom’).