Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blāu
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Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.
Adjective
[edit]*blāu
Inflection
[edit]wa-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *blāu | ||
Genitive | *blāwas | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *blāu | *blāu | *blāu |
Accusative | *blāwanā | *blāwā | *blāu |
Genitive | *blāwas | *blāweʀā | *blāwas |
Dative | *blāumē | *blāweʀē | *blāumē |
Instrumental | *blāu | *blāweʀu | *blāu |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *blāwē | *blāwō | *blāu |
Accusative | *blāwā | *blāwā | *blāu |
Genitive | *blāweʀō | *blāweʀō | *blāweʀō |
Dative | *blāwēm, *blāum | *blāwēm, *blāum | *blāwēm, *blāum |
Instrumental | *blāwēm, *blāum | *blāwēm, *blāum | *blāwēm, *blāum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: blāw, blēo, *blǣ(w) (only attested with i-mutation in blǣhǣwen and blǣwen), possibly in placenames (Blauuefelda , Blafelda, Blowedoune, Blouhulle)[1]
- Old Frisian: blāu, blāw
- Old Saxon: blāo, blāu
- Old Dutch: *blāo
- Middle Dutch: blau
- Dutch: blauw, blaauw (before 1864)
- Limburgish: blów
- Middle Dutch: blau
- Old High German: blāo
- → Old French: bloe, blou, bleu, blu, blef, bleve
- → Vulgar Latin: blāvus (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]See also
[edit]*blaik, *blank, *hwīt, *blas | *falu, *grāu, *hasu, *grīs, *hair | *blak, *swart |
*raud | *brūn, *erp, *dunn/dusn | *gelu |
*grōnī | *grōnī | |
*blāu | *blāu | |
*blāu | *purpurā |