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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From some derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”).[1][2]
Adjective
*blasaz[1][2]
- white, pale (of animals)
Inflection
Declension of *blasaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*blasaz
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*blasō
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*blasą, -atō
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*blasai
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*blasôz
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*blasō
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| accusative
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*blasanǭ
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*blasǭ
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*blasą, -atō
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*blasanz
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*blasōz
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*blasō
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| genitive
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*blasas, -is
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*blasaizōz
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*blasas, -is
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*blasaizǫ̂
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*blasaizǫ̂
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*blasaizǫ̂
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| dative
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*blasammai
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*blasaizōi
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*blasammai
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*blasaimaz
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*blasaimaz
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*blasaimaz
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| instrumental
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*blasanō
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*blasaizō
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*blasanō
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*blasaimiz
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*blasaimiz
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*blasaimiz
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| Weak declension
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*blasô
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*blasǭ
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*blasô
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*blasaniz
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*blasōniz
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*blasōnō
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| accusative
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*blasanų
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*blasōnų
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*blasô
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*blasanunz
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*blasōnunz
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*blasōnō
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| genitive
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*blasiniz
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*blasōniz
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*blasiniz
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*blasanǫ̂
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*blasōnǫ̂
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*blasanǫ̂
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| dative
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*blasini
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*blasōni
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*blasini
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*blasammaz
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*blasōmaz
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*blasammaz
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| instrumental
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*blasinē
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*blasōnē
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*blasinē
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*blasammiz
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*blasōmiz
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*blasammiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *blas
- Old Saxon: blas
- ⇒ Middle Low German: vorblassen, vörblassen, vörblessen
- Old High German: blas
See also
Colors in Proto-Germanic · *farwôz (layout · text)
| *blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz, *blasaz
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*falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz
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*blakaz, *swartaz
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| *raudaz
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*brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz
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*gelwaz, *gulaz
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| *grōniz
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*grōniz
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*blēwaz
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*blēwaz, *hēwijaz
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| *blēwaz, *hēwijaz
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*baswaz
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “blaß”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 89-90: “*blasa-”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀlasaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48