Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blīwiją

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 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

Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mliH-wó-s[1], perhaps from *mleh₁y- (“to be weak, weary, tired”), related to *blīþiz (“soft, mild”), cognate with Sanskrit म्लायति (mlā́yati, “to be weary”), Proto-Celtic *mlīnos (“weary, tired”), or possibly of substrate origin, compare Ancient Greek μόλῠβδος (mólubdos, “lead”), Latin plumbum (“lead”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*blīwiją n

  1. lead (metal)

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *blīwiją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *blīwiją *blīwijō
vocative *blīwiją *blīwijō
accusative *blīwiją *blīwijō
genitive *blīwijas, *blīwīs *blīwijǫ̂
dative *blīwijai *blīwijamaz
instrumental *blīwijō *blīwijamiz

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blīwa- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ƀlīwan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 49-50
  3. ^ 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
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