Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blējaną
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-ye-ti, from *bʰleh₁- (“to bleat”). Cognate with Latin fleō (“to cry, weep”), Latvian blēt (“to bleat”), Russian бле́ять (bléjatʹ, “to bleat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- to bleat
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *blējaną (weak class 1)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *blājan
References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*blējan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*blējanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49
Categories:
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰleh₁- (bleat)
- Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Proto-Germanic lemmas
- Proto-Germanic verbs
- Proto-Germanic class 1 weak verbs