Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōtą

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

Traditionally from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlā-d- (“to offer, sacrifice”), comparing Latin flāmen (“priest”), but this root is largely abandoned by modern scholars. Possibly from the same root as *blōþą (“blood”); compare the development of Proto-West Germanic *blōdisōn (“to mark with blood > to bless”).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɔː.tɑ̃/

Noun

*blōtą n

  1. offering, sacrifice

Inflection

Declension of *blōtą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *blōtą *blōtō
vocative *blōtą *blōtō
accusative *blōtą *blōtō
genitive *blōtas, *blōtis *blōtǫ̂
dative *blōtai *blōtamaz
instrumental *blōtō *blōtamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *blōt
  • Old Norse: blót
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.