Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōstmô

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

Alternative forms

• *blōsmô, *blōsmō, *blōsmaz

Etymology

Related to *blōstaz and possibly *blōmô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɔːst.mɔːː/

Noun

*blōstmô m

1. flower

Declension

masculine an-stemDeclension of *blōstmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*blōstmô	*blōstmaniz
vocative	*blōstmô	*blōstmaniz
accusative	*blōstmanų	*blōstmanunz
genitive	*blōstminiz	*blōstmanǫ̂
dative	*blōstmini	*blōstmammaz
instrumental	*blōstminē	*blōstmammiz

Descendants

• Old English: blōstma, blōsma, blōstm
  • Middle English: blosme
    • English: blossom
    • Scots: blossom
• Old Frisian: *blōsma
  • West Frisian: blossem
• Old Saxon: *blōsmo
  • Middle Low German: blossem, blosem
    • Low German: Blossen
• Old Dutch: *bluostmo
  • Middle Dutch: bloeseme, bloesem, bloesene
    • Dutch: bloesem
      • Afrikaans: bloesem
• >? Old Norse: blómstr
  • Icelandic: blómstur
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: blomster
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: blomster
  • Old Swedish: blomster, blø̄mster
    • Swedish: blomster
  • Danish: blomst c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: blomst