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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blait
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
Etymology
Presumably from Proto-Germanic *blaitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyd-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyd-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *blědъ (“pale”), Albanian blehurë (“id”).
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *blait | ||
| Genitive | *blaitas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *blait | *blaitu | *blait |
| Accusative | *blaitanā | *blaitā | *blait |
| Genitive | *blaitas | *blaiteʀā | *blaitas |
| Dative | *blaitumē | *blaiteʀē | *blaitumē |
| Instrumental | *blaitu | *blaiteʀu | *blaitu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *blaitē | *blaitō | *blaitu |
| Accusative | *blaitā | *blaitā | *blaitu |
| Genitive | *blaiteʀō | *blaiteʀō | *blaiteʀō |
| Dative | *blaitēm, *blaitum | *blaitēm, *blaitum | *blaitēm, *blaitum |
| Instrumental | *blaitēm, *blaitum | *blaitēm, *blaitum | *blaitēm, *blaitum |
Derived terms
- *blaitā
- *blaitijan
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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