Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blędati

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From *blęsti (1sg. *blędǫ) +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*blędati

1. to be delirious
2. to cause confusion, commotion

Alternative forms

• *blǫdati (South Slavic)

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰlendʰ- (0 c, 8 e)

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Polabian: 1sg. *blędaje, 3sg. bľǫdă
  • Polish: blańdać (dialectal)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blędati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 114