Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰleh₁-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology 1

From *bʰel- (“to make a loud sound”).

Root

*bʰleh₁-

2. to bleat
3. to cry

Derived terms

• *bʰleh₁-ye-ti (ye-present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blḗˀtei (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *blējaną (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *flēō
    • Latin: fleō
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Germanic: *blētijaną (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From *bʰel- (“to blow”) +‎ *-eh₁-.

This may be a specialization of the root for "to cry". LIV reconstructs a single root meaning "to howl".

Root

*bʰleh₁-

2. to blow

Reconstruction notes

The Latin stem flā- may be from the zero-grade *bʰl̥h₁-, resulting in a root *flā- from which the other Latin forms were derived analogically.

Derived terms

• *bʰleh₁- (root present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *blēaną (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *flāō
    • Latin: flō (underlying /flā/-) (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰléh₁-s- (sigmatic aorist or desiderative)
  • Proto-Germanic: *blēsaną (“to blow”) (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰleh₁-dʰrom
  • Proto-Germanic: *blēdrǭ (“bladder; swelling”) (< *bʰleh₁-dʰreh₂-n?) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *flāðrom
    • Latin: flābrum (“wind”) (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰleh₁-men-
  • Proto-Italic: *flāmən
    • Latin: flāmen (“gust, wind”)

Unsorted formations:

• Proto-Albanian: *(s)blèwsa
  • Albanian: flluskë

References