blin
A blintz or bliniA blintz or blini.
Meaning
2 sensesA blintz or blini.
(obsolete)Cessation; end.
Origin
From Middle English blinnen, from Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), from Proto-GermaFrom Middle English blinnen, from Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), from Proto-Germanic *bilinnaną (“to turn aside, swerve from”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”); equivalent to be- + lin. Cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”), Old Norse linna (Swedish dialectal linna, “to pause, rest”). See also lin.
From Russian блин (blin, “pancake, flat object”).
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