Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blēaną
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
- to blow
Inflection
| 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 | ||||
Synonyms
Derived terms
- *blōþą (possibly)
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *blāan
References
- ^ 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