Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blēstuz

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 *blēsaną (“to blow”) +‎ *-þuz (“result noun suffix”), with quasi-Indo-European form *bʰleh₁-s-tu-s.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblɛːs.tuz/

Noun

*blēstuz m

blast, burst of wind, breeze

Inflection

Declension of *blēstuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*blēstuz	*blēstiwiz
vocative	*blēstu	*blēstiwiz
accusative	*blēstų	*blēstunz
genitive	*blēstauz	*blēstiwǫ̂
dative	*blēstiwi	*blēstumaz
instrumental	*blēstū	*blēstumiz

Related terms

*blēsuz/*blēsaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *blāstu
- Old English: blǣst
  - Middle English: blast, blaste, blæst, blest
    - English: blast
      - → Irish: bleaist
    - Scots: blast
- Old Frisian: *blāst
  - West Frisian: blast m or f
- Old Dutch: *blāst
  - Middle Dutch: *blast
    - Dutch: (dialectal) blast m
- Old High German: blāst, plāst
  - Middle High German: blāst
    - German: Blast
Old Norse: blástr
- Icelandic: blástur
- Faroese: blástur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: blåster, blåst
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: blåst
- Old Swedish: blāster, blǣster
  - Swedish: blåst (in southern dialects bläst, bläjst, blest)
- Old Danish: blæst
  - Danish: blæst
    - Norwegian Bokmål: blest
      - → Norwegian Nynorsk: blest
- Norn: blåster

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013), “*blēstu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013), “*blēstu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68

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