Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blāan
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *blēaną.
Verb[edit]
*blāan[1]
- to blow
Inflection[edit]
| Strong class 7d | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *blāan | |
| 1st sg. past | *blē | |
| 3rd pl. past | *blēun | |
| Past ptcple | *blāan | |
| Infinitive | *blāan | |
| Genitive infin. | *blāannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *blāannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *blāannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *blāu | *blē |
| 2nd singular | *blāiʀi | *blēī |
| 3rd singular | *blāidi | *blē |
| 1st plural | *blāum | *blēum |
| 2nd plural | *blāid | *blēud |
| 3rd plural | *blāand | *blēun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *blāē | *blēī |
| 2nd singular | *blāēs | *blēī |
| 3rd singular | *blāē | *blēī |
| 1st plural | *blāēm | *blēīm |
| 2nd plural | *blāēþ | *blēīd |
| 3rd plural | *blāēn | *blēīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *blā | |
| Plural | *blāid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *blāandī | *blāan |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: blāwan
- Old Frisian: blā, blīa
- North Frisian: bleie
- Old Saxon: blāian
- (Middle Low German: blêen)
- Old Dutch: *blāien
- Old High German: blāhan, plāhan, blājan
- Middle High German: blǣjen, blǣwen
- German: blähen
- ⇒ Cimbrian: inpléenanzich
- Middle High German: blǣjen, blǣwen
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 151: “PWGmc *blāan”