Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blēaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (to blow). Cognate with Latin flō (to breathe, blow).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blēaną

  1. to blow

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7d)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *blēō *blēaų *blēai ?
2nd singular *blēizi *blēaiz *blē *blēazai *blēaizau
3rd singular *blēidi *blēai *blēadau *blēadai *blēaidau
1st dual *blēōz *blēaiw
2nd dual *blēadiz *blēaidiz *blēadiz
1st plural *blēamaz *blēaim *blēandai *blēaindau
2nd plural *blēid *blēaid *blēid *blēandai *blēaindau
3rd plural *blēandi *blēain *blēandau *blēandai *blēaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *beblō *beblōį̄
2nd singular *beblōt *beblōīz
3rd singular *beblō *beblōī
1st dual *beblōū *beblōīw
2nd dual *beblōudiz *beblōīdiz
1st plural *beblōum *beblōīm
2nd plural *beblōud *beblōīd
3rd plural *beblōun *beblōīn
present past
participles *blēandz *blēanaz

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blēan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 67-8