Where Did Bleat Come from?

Maya Lin-Takahashi
Maya Lin-Takahashi
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Bleat (V.) Old English Blætan, from West Germanic *Bhle- (Source Also of Dutch Blaten "To Bleat"), of Imitative Origin (Compare Greek Blekhe "A Bleating; the...

Where Did Bleat Come from?

bleat (v.)
Old English blætan, from West Germanic *bhle- (source also of Dutch blaten "to bleat"), of imitative origin (compare Greek blekhe "a bleating; the wailing of children," Old Church Slavonic blejat "to bleat," Latin flere "to weep"). Related: Bleated; bleating.

What is the cry of a goat called?

(blēt) 1. a. The characteristic cry of a goat or sheep.

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bleat. / (bliːt) / verb. (intr) (of a sheep, goat, or calf) to utter its characteristic plaintive cry.

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