Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blauþuz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mlew-. Related to Proto-Germanic *blewwaną (“to beat (up), blow”), Ancient Greek ἀμβλύς (amblús, “blunt; dim, faint”), Avestan 𐬨𐬭𐬎𐬙𐬀 (mruta, “crushed (?), weak”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*blauþuz
Inflection
Declension of *blauþuz (u-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *blauþuz | *blauþijai | *blauþī | *blauþijôz | *blauþų, *-jatō | *blauþijō |
| accusative | *blauþijanǭ | *blauþijanz | *blauþijǭ | *blauþijōz | *blauþų, *-jatō | *blauþijō |
| genitive | *blauþijas, *blauþīs | *blauþijaizǫ̂ | *blauþijaizōz | *blauþijaizǫ̂ | *blauþijas, *blauþīs | *blauþijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *blauþijammai | *blauþijaimaz | *blauþijaizōi | *blauþijaimaz | *blauþijammai | *blauþijaimaz |
| instrumental | *blauþijanō | *blauþijaimiz | *blauþijaizō | *blauþijaimiz | *blauþijanō | *blauþijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *blauþijô | *blauþijaniz | *blauþijǭ | *blauþijōniz | *blauþijô | *blauþijōnō |
| accusative | *blauþijanų | *blauþijanunz | *blauþijōnų | *blauþijōnunz | *blauþijô | *blauþijōnō |
| genitive | *blauþīniz | *blauþijanǫ̂ | *blauþijōniz | *blauþijōnǫ̂ | *blauþīniz | *blauþijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *blauþīni | *blauþijammaz | *blauþijōni | *blauþijōmaz | *blauþīni | *blauþijammaz |
| instrumental | *blauþīnē | *blauþijammiz | *blauþijōnē | *blauþijōmiz | *blauþīnē | *blauþijammiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: blēaþ
- Old Frisian: *blāth
- Old Saxon: *blōth, blōthi
- Frankish: *blauthi, *blōdi
- Old High German: plōdi, blōdi
- Old Norse: blauðr
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “blauþu-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN