Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōdiz

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 *bʰleh₃-tí-s, from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”); see also *blōaną (“idem”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈblɔːdiz/

    Noun

    *blōdiz f

    1. (West Germanic) bloom

    Inflection

    Declension of *blōdiz (i-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *blōdiz *blōdīz
    vocative *blōdi *blōdīz
    accusative *blōdį *blōdinz
    genitive *blōdīz *blōdijǫ̂
    dative *blōdī *blōdimaz
    instrumental *blōdī *blōdimiz

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *blōdi
      • Old English: blēd (“shoot, branch, flower, fruit”)
      • Old Dutch: bluot
      • Old High German: bluot (“blossom, blossoming”)

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blōdi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70
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