Old English blinnan

← Old English be (prefix)

← Old English linnan (prefix)

← Proto-Germanic *bilinnaną (inherited)

← Old High German bilinnan (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *ley- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *leya- (mention)

→ English blin (inherited)

→ Middle English blinnen (inherited)

→ Old Saxon bilinnan (cognate)