Old High German blint

← Old English blind (cognate)

← Proto-West Germanic *blind (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (root)

← Old Norse blindr (cognate)

→ German blind (derived)

→ Central Franconian blond (mention)

→ Central Franconian blend (mention)

→ Old Norse blindr (mention)

→ Yiddish בלינד (inherited)