Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōstmô

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to *blōstaz[1] and possibly *blōmô.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɔːst.mɔːː/

Noun

*blōstmô m

  1. flower

Declension

Declension of *blōstmô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *blōstmô *blōstmaniz
vocative *blōstmô *blōstmaniz
accusative *blōstmanų *blōstmanunz
genitive *blōstminiz *blōstmanǫ̂
dative *blōstmini *blōstmammaz
instrumental *blōstminē *blōstmammiz

Descendants

  • Old English: blōstma, blōsma, blōstm
  • Old Frisian: *blōsma
  • Old Saxon: *blōsmo
    • Middle Low German: blossem, blosem
      • Low German: Blossen
  • Old Dutch: *bluostmo
  • >? Old Norse: blómstr

References

  1. ^ blossom, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 25 June 2019.
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bloman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202