Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōstmô

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

Alternative forms

*blōsmô, *blōsmō, *blōsmaz

Etymology

Related to *blōstaz^[1] and possibly *blōmô.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblɔːst.mɔːː/

Noun

*blōstmô m

flower

Declension

masculine an-stemDeclension of *blōstmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*blōstmô	*blōstmaniz
vocative	*blōstmô	*blōstmaniz
accusative	*blōstmanų	*blōstmanunz
genitive	*blōstminiz	*blōstmanǫ̂
dative	*blōstmini	*blōstmammaz
instrumental	*blōstminē	*blōstmammiz

Descendants

Old English: blōstma, blōsma, blōstm
- Middle English: blosme
  - English: blossom
  - Scots: blossom
Old Frisian: *blōsma
- West Frisian: blossem
Old Saxon: *blōsmo
- Middle Low German: blossem, blosem
  - Low German: Blossen
Old Dutch: *bluostmo
- Middle Dutch: bloeseme, bloesem, bloesene
  - Dutch: bloesem
    - Afrikaans: bloesem
>? Old Norse: blómstr
- Icelandic: blómstur
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: blomster
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: blomster
- Old Swedish: blomster, blø̄mster
  - Swedish: blomster
- Danish: blomst c
  - Norwegian Bokmål: blomst

References

^ “blossom, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 25 June 2019.
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bloman-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202

[1] “blossom, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 25 June 2019.

[2] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bloman-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202

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