Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blauþijaną

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 *blauþaz +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblɑu̯.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blauþijaną^[1]^[2]

to make weak, weaken

Inflection

Conjugation of *blauþijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*blauþijō	*blauþijaų	—	*blauþijai	?
2nd singular	*blauþīsi	*blauþijais	*blauþī	*blauþijasai	*blauþijaisau
3rd singular	*blauþīþi	*blauþijai	*blauþijaþau	*blauþijaþai	*blauþijaiþau
1st dual	*blauþijōs	*blauþijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*blauþijaþiz	*blauþijaiþiz	*blauþijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*blauþijamaz	*blauþijaim	—	*blauþijanþai	*blauþijainþau
2nd plural	*blauþīþ	*blauþijaiþ	*blauþīþ	*blauþijanþai	*blauþijainþau
3rd plural	*blauþijanþi	*blauþijain	*blauþijanþau	*blauþijanþai	*blauþijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blauþidǭ	*blauþidēdį̄
2nd singular	*blauþidēz	*blauþidēdīz
3rd singular	*blauþidē	*blauþidēdī
1st dual	*blauþidēdū	*blauþidēdīw
2nd dual	*blauþidēdudiz	*blauþidēdīdiz
1st plural	*blauþidēdum	*blauþidēdīm
2nd plural	*blauþidēdud	*blauþidēdīd
3rd plural	*blauþidēdun	*blauþidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*blauþijandz	*blauþidaz

Derived terms

*gablauþijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *blauþijan
- Old Saxon: blōthian
  - Middle Low German: blôden, blöden
- Old High German: blōden
  - Middle High German: blœ̄den
    - German: blöden (archaic)
- → Vulgar Latin: *blaudīre, *blōdīre; *exblaudīre, *exblōdīre
  - Old Occitan:
    - Old Catalan: esbalausir
      - Catalan: esbalair
    - Occitan: esblauzir
  - Old French: esbleuir
    - Middle French: esblouir
      - French: éblouir
Old Norse: bleyða
- Icelandic: bleyðast
Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (blauþjan)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blauþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67: “*blauþjan-”
^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*blauþjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blauþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67: “*blauþjan-”

[2] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*blauþjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blauþijaną

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