Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blīþijan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blīþijaną. Equivalent to *blīþī (“happy”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*blīþijan

to rejoice

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*blīþijan
1st sg. past	*blīþidā
Infinitive	*blīþijan
Genitive infin.	*blīþijannjas
Dative infin.	*blīþijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*blīþijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*blīþiju	*blīþidā
2nd singular	*blīþisi	blīþidēs, blīþidōs
3rd singular	*blīþiþi	blīþidē, blīþidā
1st plural	*blīþijum	*blīþidum
2nd plural	*blīþiþ	*blīþidud
3rd plural	*blīþijanþ	*blīþidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*blīþijē	*blīþidī
2nd singular	*blīþijēs	*blīþidī
3rd singular	*blīþijē	*blīþidī
1st plural	*blīþijēm	*blīþidīm
2nd plural	*blīþijēþ	*blīþidīd
3rd plural	*blīþijēn	*blīþidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*blīþi
Plural	*blīþiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*blīþijandī	*blīþid

Derived terms

*frablīþijan

Related terms

*blīþēn

Descendants

Old Frisian: *blīda
- ⇒ Old Frisian: forblīda
  - West Frisian: ferblide, ferblije
Old Dutch: blīthen
- Middle Dutch: bliden
  - Dutch: blijden (obsolete)
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: verbliden
    - Dutch: verblijden
Old High German: blīden
- Middle High German: blīden