Afrikaans blou

← Middle Dutch blau (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *blāu (inherited)

← Dutch blauw (inherited)

← Old Dutch *blāo (inherited)

→ Afrikaans bloubok (compound)

→ Afrikaans bloukraanvoël (affix)

→ Afrikaans vlootblou (compound)

→ Afrikaans blouwalvis (compound)

→ Xhosa blowu (borrowed)