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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blēwaz
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *bʰleh₁wos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-. Kroonen reconstructs an ablauting u-stem, *bʰléh₁-, *bʰl̥h₁- in order to reconcile the vowels of the Germanic word with Latin flāvus (“yellow”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɛː.wɑz/
Inflection
Declension of *blēwaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *blēwaz | *blēwai | *blēwō | *blēwôz | *blēwą, -atō | *blēwō |
| Accusative | *blēwanǭ | *blēwanz | *blēwǭ | *blēwōz | *blēwą, -atō | *blēwō |
| Genitive | *blēwas, -is | *blēwaizǫ̂ | *blēwaizōz | *blēwaizǫ̂ | *blēwas, -is | *blēwaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *blēwammai | *blēwaimaz | *blēwaizōi | *blēwaimaz | *blēwammai | *blēwaimaz |
| Instrumental | *blēwanō | *blēwaimiz | *blēwaizō | *blēwaimiz | *blēwanō | *blēwaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *blēwô | *blēwaniz | *blēwǭ | *blēwōniz | *blēwô | *blēwōnō |
| Accusative | *blēwanų | *blēwanunz | *blēwōnų | *blēwōnunz | *blēwô | *blēwōnō |
| Genitive | *blēwiniz | *blēwanǫ̂ | *blēwōniz | *blēwōnǫ̂ | *blēwiniz | *blēwanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *blēwini | *blēwammaz | *blēwōni | *blēwōmaz | *blēwini | *blēwammaz |
| Instrumental | *blēwinē | *blēwammiz | *blēwōnē | *blēwōmiz | *blēwinē | *blēwammiz |
Descendants
- Old English: *blāw (only attested with i-mutation in blǣhǣwen and blǣwen), possibly in placenames (Blauuefelda , Blafelda, Blowedoune, Blouhulle)[2]
- Old Frisian: blāu, blāw
- Old Saxon: blāo
- Frankish: *blāw, *blāo
- Old French: bloe, blou, bleu, blu, blef, bleve
- Old Dutch: *blāo
- → Vulgar Latin: *blāvus, *blāwus (see there for further descendants)
- Old High German: blāo
- Old Norse: blár
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
- https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/20577
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