bluoma

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blōmā, feminine form of *blōmō.

Noun

bluoma f

  1. flower, bloom

Inflection

Declension of bluoma (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative bluoma bluoma, bluomon
accusative bluoma, bluomon bluoma, bluomon
genitive bluomon bluomono
dative bluomon bluomon

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: bloeme, blume, blome, bloem, bloom, blomme, blom
    • Dutch: bloem, blom, blomme (dialectal)
      • Afrikaans: bloem, blom
      • Negerhollands: bloem
        • → Virgin Islands Creole: bluminstji (dated, from a diminutive form)
      • → Sranan Tongo: blon (flour)
        • → Aukan: bolon
        • → Kari'na: polimin
        • → Saramaccan: boón
      • → Sranan Tongo: bromki (flower)
        • Aukan: boomiki
        • → Kari'na: poromiki
    • Limburgish: bloom
    • West Flemish: blomme
    • Zealandic: blomme

References

  • “bluoma”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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