Afrikaans blom

← Middle Dutch bloeme (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *blōmô (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (root)

← Dutch blom (inherited)

← Dutch bloem (mention)

← Old Dutch *bluomo (inherited)

→ English aandblom (mention)

→ Afrikaans Bloemfontein (compound)

→ Afrikaans sonneblom (compound)