Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōdiz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-tí-s, from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”); see also *blōaną (“idem”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblɔːdiz/

Noun

*blōdiz f

(West Germanic) bloom

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *blōdiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*blōdiz	*blōdīz
vocative	*blōdi	*blōdīz
accusative	*blōdį	*blōdinz
genitive	*blōdīz	*blōdijǫ̂
dative	*blōdī	*blōdimaz
instrumental	*blōdī	*blōdimiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *blōdi
- Old English: blēd (“shoot, branch, flower, fruit”)
- Old High German: bluot (“blossom, blossoming”)
  - Middle High German: bluot, blüete
    - German: Blüte

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blōdi-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blōdi-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70

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