Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blewwaną

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mléw-e-, from Proto-Indo-European *mlew-. Related to Ancient Greek ἀμβλύς (amblús, “blunt; dim, faint”), Avestan 𐬨𐬭𐬎𐬙𐬀 (mruta, “crushed (?), weak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblew.wɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blewwaną

1. to beat

Inflection

Conjugation of *blewwaną (strong class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blewwō	*blewwaų	—	*blewwai	?
2nd singular	*bliwwizi	*blewwaiz	*bleww	*blewwazai	*blewwaizau
3rd singular	*bliwwidi	*blewwai	*blewwadau	*blewwadai	*blewwaidau
1st dual	*blewwōz	*blewwaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*blewwadiz	*blewwaidiz	*blewwadiz	—	—
1st plural	*blewwamaz	*blewwaim	—	*blewwandai	*blewwaindau
2nd plural	*bliwwid	*blewwaid	*bliwwid	*blewwandai	*blewwaindau
3rd plural	*blewwandi	*blewwain	*blewwandau	*blewwandai	*blewwaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blau(w)	*bluwį̄
2nd singular	*blau(w)t	*bluwīz
3rd singular	*blau(w)	*bluwī
1st dual	*bluwū	*bluwīw
2nd dual	*bluwudiz	*bluwīdiz
1st plural	*bluwum	*bluwīm
2nd plural	*bluwud	*bluwīd
3rd plural	*bluwun	*bluwīn
	present	past
participles	*blewwandz	*bluwanaz

Related terms

• *blauþuz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bleuwan
  • Old Saxon: bliuwan
    • Middle Low German: blǖwen, bluwen
    • → Middle English: blēwe, northern and East Midlands blowe, blaw
      • Scots: blaw
      • English: blow
  • Old Dutch: *bliuwan
    • Middle Dutch: blouwen
      • Dutch: blouwen
  • Old High German: bliuwan
    • Middle High German: bliuwen, blūwen, blouwen, bliugen, pliuwen, pliugen
      • German: bleuen, bläuen
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽 (bliggwan)