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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Unknown; possibly from a pre-form of Proto-Indo-European *mliH-wó-s, which appears to be a regional Wanderwort of substrate origin. Compare Ancient Greek μόλῠβδος (mólubdos, “lead”), Latin plumbum (“lead”).[1]
Older theories tentatively derived the word from *mleh₁y- (“to be weak, weary, tired”); compare *blīþiz (“soft, mild”), and, outside of Germanic, Sanskrit म्लायति (mlā́yati, “to be weary”), Proto-Celtic *mlīnos (“weary, tired”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Noun
*blīwiją n
- lead (metal)
Inflection
neuter ja-stemDeclension of *blīwiją (neuter ja-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*blīwiją
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*blīwijō
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vocative
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*blīwiją
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*blīwijō
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accusative
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*blīwiją
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*blīwijō
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genitive
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*blīwijas, *blīwīs
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*blīwijǫ̂
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dative
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*blīwijai
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*blīwijamaz
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instrumental
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*blīwijō
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*blīwijamiz
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Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*blīwa- 2”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀlīwan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 49-50
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Blei¹”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 91