Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blasaz

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 some derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (shiny, white).[1][2]

Adjective

*blasaz[1][2]

  1. white, pale (of animals)

Inflection

Declension of *blasaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *blasaz *blasō *blasą, -atō *blasai *blasôz *blasō
accusative *blasanǭ *blasǭ *blasą, -atō *blasanz *blasōz *blasō
genitive *blasas, -is *blasaizōz *blasas, -is *blasaizǫ̂ *blasaizǫ̂ *blasaizǫ̂
dative *blasammai *blasaizōi *blasammai *blasaimaz *blasaimaz *blasaimaz
instrumental *blasanō *blasaizō *blasanō *blasaimiz *blasaimiz *blasaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *blasô *blasǭ *blasô *blasaniz *blasōniz *blasōnō
accusative *blasanų *blasōnų *blasô *blasanunz *blasōnunz *blasōnō
genitive *blasiniz *blasōniz *blasiniz *blasanǫ̂ *blasōnǫ̂ *blasanǫ̂
dative *blasini *blasōni *blasini *blasammaz *blasōmaz *blasammaz
instrumental *blasinē *blasōnē *blasinē *blasammiz *blasōmiz *blasammiz

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      *falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz      *blakaz, *swartaz
             *raudaz              *brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz              *gelwaz, *gulaz
             *grōniz              *grōniz             
                          *blēwaz              *blēwaz, *hēwijaz
             *blēwaz, *hēwijaz              *baswaz             

References

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀlasaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48