Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blētijaną
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to howl, cry, bleat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Cognate with Latvian blēšana (“to bleat”), Russian бле́ять (bléjatʹ, “to bleat”), Latin fleō (“cry, weep”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*blētijaną
- to bleat
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *blētijaną (weak class 1)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *blātijan