Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōmōną

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 *blōmô (“flower”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈˈblɔː.mɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blōmōną^[1]

to blossom
to decorate with flowers

Inflection

Conjugation of *blōmōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*blōmō	*blōmǭ	—	*blōmōi	?
2nd singular	*blōmōsi	*blōmōs	*blōmō	*blōmōsai	*blōmōsau
3rd singular	*blōmōþi	*blōmō	*blōmōþau	*blōmōþai	*blōmōþau
1st dual	*blōmōs	*blōmōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*blōmōþiz	*blōmōþiz	*blōmōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*blōmōmaz	*blōmōm	—	*blōmōnþai	*blōmōnþau
2nd plural	*blōmōþ	*blōmōþ	*blōmōþ	*blōmōnþai	*blōmōnþau
3rd plural	*blōmōnþi	*blōmōn	*blōmōnþau	*blōmōnþai	*blōmōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blōmōdǭ	*blōmōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*blōmōdēz	*blōmōdēdīz
3rd singular	*blōmōdē	*blōmōdēdī
1st dual	*blōmōdēdū	*blōmōdēdīw
2nd dual	*blōmōdēdudiz	*blōmōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*blōmōdēdum	*blōmōdēdīm
2nd plural	*blōmōdēdud	*blōmōdēdīd
3rd plural	*blōmōdēdun	*blōmōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*blōmōndz	*blōmōdaz

Related terms

*blōaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *blōmōn
- Old English: *blōmian
  - Middle English: blomen
    - English: bloom
- Old Frisian: *blōmia
  - West Frisian: blomje
- Old Saxon: *blōmon
  - Middle Low German: blōmen, blȫmen
- Old Dutch: *blōmon (attested as giblōmid)
  - Middle Dutch: *bloemen
    - Dutch: bloemen
- Old High German: bluomōn
  - Middle High German: bluomen
Old Norse: blóma
- Faroese: blóma
- Icelandic: blóma
- Norwegian Nynorsk: blome, bloma

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*blōmōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 50

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*blōmōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 50

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