Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blandaną

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

An o-grade intensive, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to blend”). Related to Old Church Slavonic блѧсти (blęsti, “to chatter, talk nonsense”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblɑn.dɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blandaną

to blend, make murky; to mix, mingle

Inflection

Conjugation of *blandaną (strong class 7c)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*blandō	*blandaų	—	*blandai	?
2nd singular	*blandizi	*blandaiz	*bland	*blandazai	*blandaizau
3rd singular	*blandidi	*blandai	*blandadau	*blandadai	*blandaidau
1st dual	*blandōz	*blandaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*blandadiz	*blandaidiz	*blandadiz	—	—
1st plural	*blandamaz	*blandaim	—	*blandandai	*blandaindau
2nd plural	*blandid	*blandaid	*blandid	*blandandai	*blandaindau
3rd plural	*blandandi	*blandain	*blandandau	*blandandai	*blandaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bebland	*beblandį̄
2nd singular	*beblanst	*beblandīz
3rd singular	*bebland	*beblandī
1st dual	*beblandū	*beblandīw
2nd dual	*beblandudiz	*beblandīdiz
1st plural	*beblandum	*beblandīm
2nd plural	*beblandud	*beblandīd
3rd plural	*beblandun	*beblandīn

	present	past
participles	*blandandz	*blandanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: blandan, blondan; ġeblendan
- Middle English: blanden, blenden
  - English: blend
  - Scots: bland; blent (pptc)
Old Frisian: blenda
Old Saxon: blandan
Old Dutch: *blandan
- Middle Dutch: blanden
Old High German: blantan
- Middle High German: blanden, blenden
  - ⇒ Middle High German: blendelinc
    - German: Blendling
Old Norse: blanda
- Icelandic: blanda
- Faroese: blanda
- Norwegian: blande
- Swedish: blanda
- Danish: blande
Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (blandan)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 66-7

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 66-7

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