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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blautaz

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 *bʰlowdh₂o-, from *bʰlow- (“emaciated, soft”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φλυδάω (phludáō, “to be soft, weak”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈblɑu̯.tɑz/

Adjective

*blautaz

  1. soft
  2. exhausted; emptied out; spent
  3. fainthearted
  4. bare; naked

Inflection
Declension of *blautaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *blautaz *blautai *blautō *blautôz *blautą, -atō *blautō
Accusative *blautanǭ *blautanz *blautǭ *blautōz *blautą, -atō *blautō
Genitive *blautas, -is *blautaizǫ̂ *blautaizōz *blautaizǫ̂ *blautas, -is *blautaizǫ̂
Dative *blautammai *blautaimaz *blautaizōi *blautaimaz *blautammai *blautaimaz
Instrumental *blautanō *blautaimiz *blautaizō *blautaimiz *blautanō *blautaimiz
Weak declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *blautô *blautaniz *blautǭ *blautōniz *blautô *blautōnō
Accusative *blautanų *blautanunz *blautōnų *blautōnunz *blautô *blautōnō
Genitive *blautiniz *blautanǫ̂ *blautōniz *blautōnǫ̂ *blautiniz *blautanǫ̂
Dative *blautini *blautammaz *blautōni *blautōmaz *blautini *blautammaz
Instrumental *blautinē *blautammiz *blautōnē *blautōmiz *blautinē *blautammiz


Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *blaut
    • Old English: blēat
      • Middle English: *blete, *bleet
        • Scots: bleat, blait, bleet
    • Old Frisian: blāt
    • Old Saxon: *blōt
    • Old Dutch: *blōt
    • Old High German: blōz, *blōt
      • Middle High German: blōz
      • → Occitan: blos, blous (“pure, empty, bare”)
        • ⇒ Occitan: lano blouso (“pure or short wool”)
          • → French: blousse (“scraps of wool”)
            • ⇒? French: blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”) (see there for further descendants)
      • → Latin: *blotiāre (from Lombardic *blōt)
        • Medieval Latin: bluttāre
  • Old Norse: blautr
  • → Proto-Samic:
    • Northern Sami: lávtas

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67
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