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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blīu

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

Uncertain; presumably from Proto-Germanic *blīwą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlih₁-wó-s, from *bʰl-eh₁y-, extended from *bʰel- (“to shine”), related to *blēwaz (“blue”), cognate with Latin flāvus (“yellow, golden”), Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour, lustre”),[1] Lithuanian blaivýtis (“to become bright, clear up”).[2]

Noun

*blīu n

  1. color, hue

Inflection
Neuter wa-stem
Singular
Nominative *blīu
Genitive *blīwas
Singular Plural
Nominative *blīu *blīu
Accusative *blīu *blīu
Genitive *blīwas *blīwō
Dative *blīwē *blīum
Instrumental *blīu *blīum

Derived terms
  • *blīwafalþ (+ *falþan)
    • → Old French: bliaut (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

References
  1. Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “bli ?”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 53
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
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