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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 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
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *blasaz *blasai *blasō *blasôz *blasą, -atō *blasō
Accusative *blasanǭ *blasanz *blasǭ *blasōz *blasą, -atō *blasō
Genitive *blasas, -is *blasaizǫ̂ *blasaizōz *blasaizǫ̂ *blasas, -is *blasaizǫ̂
Dative *blasammai *blasaimaz *blasaizōi *blasaimaz *blasammai *blasaimaz
Instrumental *blasanō *blasaimiz *blasaizō *blasaimiz *blasanō *blasaimiz
Weak declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *blasô *blasaniz *blasǭ *blasōniz *blasô *blasōnō
Accusative *blasanų *blasanunz *blasōnų *blasōnunz *blasô *blasōnō
Genitive *blasiniz *blasanǫ̂ *blasōniz *blasōnǫ̂ *blasiniz *blasanǫ̂
Dative *blasini *blasammaz *blasōni *blasōmaz *blasini *blasammaz
Instrumental *blasinē *blasammiz *blasōnē *blasōmiz *blasinē *blasammiz


Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *blas
    • Old Saxon: blas
      • ⇒ Middle Low German: vorblassen, vörblassen, vörblessen
    • Old High German: blas

References
  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. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ƀlasaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

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             
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