Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blait

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

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *blaitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyd-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyd-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *blědъ (“pale”), Albanian blehurë (“pale”).

Adjective

*blait

1. pale, discolored

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*blait
Genitive	*blaitas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*blait	*blaitu	*blait
Accusative	*blaitanā	*blaitā	*blait
Genitive	*blaitas	*blaiteʀā	*blaitas
Dative	*blaitumē	*blaiteʀē	*blaitumē
Instrumental	*blaitu	*blaiteʀu	*blaitu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*blaitē	*blaitō	*blaitu
Accusative	*blaitā	*blaitā	*blaitu
Genitive	*blaiteʀō	*blaiteʀō	*blaiteʀō
Dative	*blaitēm, *blaitum	*blaitēm, *blaitum	*blaitēm, *blaitum
Instrumental	*blaitēm, *blaitum	*blaitēm, *blaitum	*blaitēm, *blaitum

Derived terms

• *blaitā
• *blaitijan

Descendants

• Old English: blāt
  • Middle English: *blat, *blate, *blot, *blote
    • >? Scots: blate, blait

Further reading

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN