Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blīþisi

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 *blīþī +‎ *-isi.[1]

Noun

*blīþisi f[1]

(North Sea Germanic) happiness

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*blīþisi
Genitive	*blīþissjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*blīþisi	*blīþissjō
Accusative	*blīþissjā	*blīþissjā
Genitive	*blīþissjā	*blīþissjō
Dative	*blīþissjē	blīþissjōm, blīþissjum
Instrumental	*blīþissju	blīþissjōm, blīþissjum

Descendants

Old English: blīþs, blīds, bliss
- Middle English: bliss
  - English: bliss
Old Saxon: blīthsia, blīdsea, blizza

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14: “PWGmc *blīþisi”

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[DOE-1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14: “PWGmc *blīþisi”