Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blēwaz
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This Proto-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-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Pre-Germanic *bʰleh₁wos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“blue, gray, yellow”). Kroonen reconstructs an ablauting u-stem, *bʰléh₁-, *bʰl̥h₁- in order to reconcile the vowels of the Germanic word with Latin flāvus (“yellow”), which is likely cognate; compare also Proto-Celtic *blāwos (“yellow”).[1] It is uncertain whether this root is related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“light, bright”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*blēwaz
Inflection
[edit]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 |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *blāu
- Old English: blāw, blēo, *blǣ(w) (only attested with i-mutation in blǣhǣwen and blǣwen), possibly in placenames (Blauuefelda , Blafelda, Blowedoune, Blouhulle)[2]
- 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)
- Old Norse: blár
See also
[edit]| *blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz, *blasaz | *falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz | *blakaz, *swartaz |
| *raudaz | *brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz | *gelwaz, *gulaz |
| *grōniz | *grōniz | |
| *blēwaz | *blēwaz, *hēwijaz | |
| *blēwaz, *hēwijaz | *baswaz |
References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*blēwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68
- ^ https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/20577