Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blindaz

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 *blandaną (“to blend, mix”) +‎ *-az (deverbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblin.dɑz/

Adjective

*blindaz

blind

Inflection

Declension of *blindaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*blindaz	*blindō	*blindą, -atō	*blindai	*blindôz	*blindō
accusative	*blindanǭ	*blindǭ	*blindą, -atō	*blindanz	*blindōz	*blindō
genitive	*blindas, -is	*blindaizōz	*blindas, -is	*blindaizǫ̂	*blindaizǫ̂	*blindaizǫ̂
dative	*blindammai	*blindaizōi	*blindammai	*blindaimaz	*blindaimaz	*blindaimaz
instrumental	*blindanō	*blindaizō	*blindanō	*blindaimiz	*blindaimiz	*blindaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*blindô	*blindǭ	*blindô	*blindaniz	*blindōniz	*blindōnō
accusative	*blindanų	*blindōnų	*blindô	*blindanunz	*blindōnunz	*blindōnō
genitive	*blindiniz	*blindōniz	*blindiniz	*blindanǫ̂	*blindōnǫ̂	*blindanǫ̂
dative	*blindini	*blindōni	*blindini	*blindammaz	*blindōmaz	*blindammaz
instrumental	*blindinē	*blindōnē	*blindinē	*blindammiz	*blindōmiz	*blindammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *blind
- Old English: blind
  - Middle English: blind, blynd
    - Scots: blynd, blind
    - English: blind
- Old Frisian: blind
  - Saterland Frisian: bliend
  - West Frisian: blyn
- Old Saxon: blind
  - Middle Low German: blint
    - German Low German: blind
    - Plautdietsch: blint
- Old Dutch: *blint
  - Middle Dutch: blint
    - Dutch: blind
- Old High German: blint, blintēr
  - Middle High German: blint
    - German: blind
      - → Esperanto: blinda
    - Luxembourgish: blann
    - Vilamovian: błynd
    - Yiddish: בלינד (blind)
Old Norse: blindr
- Icelandic: blindur
- Faroese: blindur
- Norn: blind
- Norwegian: blind
- Old Swedish: blinder
  - Swedish: blind
- Danish: blind
- Gutnish: blindar, blindur
Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (blinds)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blinda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blinda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69