Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blīwī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blīwiją.

Noun

*blīwī n

1. lead (metal)

   Synonym: *laud

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*blīwī
Genitive	*blīwijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*blīwī	*blīwiju
Accusative	*blīwī	*blīwiju
Genitive	*blīwijas	*blīwijō
Dative	*blīwijē	*blīwijum
Instrumental	*blīwiju	*blīwijum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: blī
  • Saterland Frisian: Bläi
• Old Saxon: blī, *blīg
  • Middle Low German: blî, blig, blige
    • German Low German:

      Altmärkisch: Bli

      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Bluich

      Lippisch: Blüch, Bluig

      Sauerländisch: Bley, Blǖ, Blī

      Westmünsterländisch: Blij

    • Plautdietsch: Blie
    • → Middle English: *bli
      • ⇒ Middle English: bligeter (“lead founder”)
• Old Dutch: blī
  • Middle Dutch: bli
    • Dutch: blei, (archaic) blij
    • Limburgish: blie
• Old High German: blīo, blīwo, blīoh (< *blīu or *blīwō)
  • Middle High German: blī
    • German: Blei
    • Luxembourgish: Bläi
    • Vilamovian: błaj
    • Yiddish: בלײַ (blay)