Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *blēatjaną ~ blētijanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_blēatjaną_blētijaną
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*bʰleh₁-to howl, cry, bleatfleōcry, weep
verbWeak class 1to bleatAn intensive/frequentive formation of *blējaną (‘to bleat’) with *-atjaną (creates intensive verbs from other verbs). From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (‘to howl, cry, bleat’), from root *bʰel- (‘to make a loud noise’). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian бле́јати/bléjati (‘to bleat’), Russian бле́ять (bléjatʹ, ‘to bleat’), and Latin fleō (‘cry, weep’).