Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blas

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 *blasaz.

Adjective

*blas

1. white, pale (of animals)

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*blas
Genitive	*blasas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*blas	*blasu	*blas
Accusative	*blasanā	*blasā	*blas
Genitive	*blasas	*blaseʀā	*blasas
Dative	*blasumē	*blaseʀē	*blasumē
Instrumental	*blasu	*blaseʀu	*blasu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*blasē	*blasō	*blasu
Accusative	*blasā	*blasā	*blasu
Genitive	*blaseʀō	*blaseʀō	*blaseʀō
Dative	*blasēm, *blasum	*blasēm, *blasum	*blasēm, *blasum
Instrumental	*blasēm, *blasum	*blasēm, *blasum	*blasēm, *blasum

Related terms

• *blaʀjan
• *blasā
• *blasī

Descendants

• Old Saxon: blas
  • ⇒ Middle Low German: vorblassen, vörblassen, vörblessen
• Old High German: blas
  • Middle High German: blas
    • German: blass, blaß (superseded)

See also

Colors in Proto-West Germanic · *farwō (layout · text)

*blaik, *blank, *hwīt, *blas	*falu, *grāu, *hasu, *grīs, *hair	*blak, *swart
*raud	*brūn, *erp, *dunn/dusn	*gelu
*grōnī	*grōnī
	*blāu	*blāu
*blāu	*purpurā