Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blēsaną

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

From Pre-Germanic *bʰleh₁s-, sigmatic aorist to *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblɛː.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blēsaną

to blow

Inflection

Conjugation of *blēsaną (strong class 7d)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*blēsō	*blēsaų	—	*blēsai	?
2nd singular	*blēsizi	*blēsaiz	*blēs	*blēsazai	*blēsaizau
3rd singular	*blēsidi	*blēsai	*blēsadau	*blēsadai	*blēsaidau
1st dual	*blēsōz	*blēsaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*blēsadiz	*blēsaidiz	*blēsadiz	—	—
1st plural	*blēsamaz	*blēsaim	—	*blēsandai	*blēsaindau
2nd plural	*blēsid	*blēsaid	*blēsid	*blēsandai	*blēsaindau
3rd plural	*blēsandi	*blēsain	*blēsandau	*blēsandai	*blēsaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*beblēs	*beblēzį̄
2nd singular	*beblēst	*beblēzīz
3rd singular	*beblēs	*beblēzī
1st dual	*beblēzū	*beblēzīw
2nd dual	*beblēzudiz	*beblēzīdiz
1st plural	*beblēzum	*beblēzīm
2nd plural	*beblēzud	*beblēzīd
3rd plural	*beblēzun	*beblēzīn

	present	past
participles	*blēsandz	*blēzanaz

Synonyms

Derived terms

*blēstuz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *blāsan
- Old English: *blāsan, *blǣsan
  - Middle English: blasen
    - English: blaze (“to blow, trumpet”)
    - Scots: blase, blaze
- Old Frisian: *blāsa, *blēsa
  - Saterland Frisian: bloasje, bleesje, bloazje, bläizje
  - West Frisian: blieze
- Old Saxon: *blāsan
  - Middle Low German: blâsen
    - Low German: blasen
    - Plautdietsch: blosen
    - → West Frisian: blaze
- Old Dutch: *blāsan
  - Middle Dutch: blâsen
    - Dutch: blazen
      - Afrikaans: blaas
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: blasi
      - Negerhollands: blaas, aass, blaes
      - Petjo: blazen
      - → Papiamentu: blas
    - Limburgish: blaoze
    - Zealandic: blaeze
    - → French: blaser
      - ⇒ French: blasé
        → English: blasé
        → German: blasiert
- Old High German: blāsan
  - Middle High German: blāsen
    - Bavarian: blåsn
    - German: blasen
    - Luxembourgish: blosen
    - Yiddish: בלאָזן (blozn)
Old Norse: blása
- Icelandic: blása
- Faroese: blása
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: blåse
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: blåsa, blåse
- Old Swedish: blāsa
  - Swedish: blåsa
- Old Danish: blǣsæ
  - Danish: blæse
- Elfdalian: blåsa
- Gutnish: blase
- Scanian: blæsa
Gothic: *𐌱𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*blēsan) (in 𐌿𐍆𐌱𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌽 (ufblēsan))

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*blēsan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*blēsan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68

[1]