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      Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blāu
Proto-West Germanic
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.
Inflection
    
| wa-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *blāu | ||
| Genitive | *blāwas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | 
| Nominative | *blāu | *blāu | *blāu | 
| Accusative | *blāwanā | *blāwā | *blāu | 
| Genitive | *blāwas | *blāweʀā | *blāwas | 
| Dative | *blāumē | *blāweʀē | *blāumē | 
| Instrumental | *blāu | *blāweʀu | *blāu | 
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | 
| Nominative | *blāwē | *blāwō | *blāu | 
| Accusative | *blāwā | *blāwā | *blāu | 
| Genitive | *blāweʀō | *blāweʀō | *blāweʀō | 
| Dative | *blāwēm, *blāum | *blāwēm, *blāum | *blāwēm, *blāum | 
| Instrumental | *blāwēm, *blāum | *blāwēm, *blāum | *blāwēm, *blāum | 
Descendants
    
- Old English: blāw, blēo, *blǣ(w) (only attested with i-mutation in blǣhǣwen and blǣwen), possibly in placenames (Blauuefelda , Blafelda, Blowedoune, Blouhulle)[1]
- Old Frisian: blāu, blāw
- Old Saxon: blāo
- Old Dutch: *blāo
- Middle Dutch: blau- Dutch: blauw, blaauw- Afrikaans: blou
- Berbice Creole Dutch: blau
- Jersey Dutch: blāu
- Negerhollands: blauw, blou, blau
- Petjo: blaoe, blauw, blauwe
- → Arawak: barautho
- → Aukan: baaw
- → Caribbean Hindustani: bláu
- → Indonesian: belau
- → Papiamentu: blou, blaauw
- → Sranan Tongo: blaw- → Caribbean Javanese: blau
- → Saramaccan: baáu
 
- → Warao: hebulau, jeburau
 
- Limburgish: blów
 
- Dutch: blauw, blaauw
 
- Middle Dutch: blau
- Old High German: blāo
- → Old French: bloe, blou, bleu, blu, blef, bleve
- → Vulgar Latin: *blāvus (see there for further descendants)
References
    
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