Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bladą

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 *bʰl̥h₃-tó-m, from *bʰleh₃- (“bloom, flower”); compare Tocharian A pält (“leaf, blade”). Synchronically analyzed as a nominal derivative of *blōaną (“to bloom”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈblɑ.ðɑ̃/

    Noun

    *bladą n

    1. leaf (of a plant)
    2. sheet
    3. blade (flat surface of a tool or weapon)

    Inflection

    Declension of *bladą (neuter a-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *bladą *bladō
    vocative *bladą *bladō
    accusative *bladą *bladō
    genitive *bladas, *bladis *bladǫ̂
    dative *bladai *bladamaz
    instrumental *bladō *bladamiz

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blada-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66
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