Middle English blade

← Old English blæd (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *bladą (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *blad (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃otom (inherited)

→ English blade (inherited)

→ Old English blæd (link)

→ Middle English blader (affix)

→ Middle English schulder-blade (affix)

→ Middle English bladyn (affix)

→ Dutch blade (derived)