Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blautaz

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 *bʰlowdh₂-o-s, from *bʰlow- (emaciated, soft). Cognate with Ancient Greek φλυδάω (phludáō, to be soft, weak). Despite similar phonetics and semantics, not related to Proto-Germanic *blauþuz (soft, weak).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɑu̯.tɑz/

Adjective

*blautaz

  1. soft
  2. exhausted; emptied out; spent
  3. fainthearted
  4. bare; naked

Inflection

Declension of *blautaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *blautaz *blautō *blautą, -atō *blautai *blautôz *blautō
accusative *blautanǭ *blautǭ *blautą, -atō *blautanz *blautōz *blautō
genitive *blautas, -is *blautaizōz *blautas, -is *blautaizǫ̂ *blautaizǫ̂ *blautaizǫ̂
dative *blautammai *blautaizōi *blautammai *blautaimaz *blautaimaz *blautaimaz
instrumental *blautanō *blautaizō *blautanō *blautaimiz *blautaimiz *blautaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *blautô *blautǭ *blautô *blautaniz *blautōniz *blautōnō
accusative *blautanų *blautōnų *blautô *blautanunz *blautōnunz *blautōnō
genitive *blautiniz *blautōniz *blautiniz *blautanǫ̂ *blautōnǫ̂ *blautanǫ̂
dative *blautini *blautōni *blautini *blautammaz *blautōmaz *blautammaz
instrumental *blautinē *blautōnē *blautinē *blautammiz *blautōmiz *blautammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *blaut
    • Old English: blēat
      • Middle English: *blete, *bleet
    • Old Frisian: blāt
    • Old Saxon: *blōt
    • Old Dutch: *blōt
    • Old High German: blōz, *blōtLombardic
      • Middle High German: blōz
      • Occitan: blos, blous (pure, empty, bare)
        • Occitan: lano blouso (pure or short wool)
          • French: blousse (scraps of wool)
            • ? French: blouse (a workman's or peasant's smock) (see there for further descendants)
      • Latin: *blotiāre (from Lombardic *blōt)
        • Medieval Latin: bluttāre
  • Old Norse: blautr
  • Proto-Samic:
    • Northern Sami: lávtas

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blauta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67