Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blāu
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.
Adjective[edit]
*blāu
Inflection[edit]
| wa-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *blāu | ||
| Genitive | *blāwas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *blāu | *blāu | *blāu |
| Accusative | *blāwanā | *blāwā | *blāu |
| Genitive | *blāwas | *blāweʀā | *blāwas |
| Dative | *blāumē | *blāweʀē | *blāumē |
| Instrumental | *blāu | *blāweʀu | *blāu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *blāwē | *blāwō | *blāu |
| Accusative | *blāwā | *blāwā | *blāu |
| Genitive | *blāweʀō | *blāweʀō | *blāweʀō |
| Dative | *blāwēm, *blāum | *blāwēm, *blāum | *blāwēm, *blāum |
| Instrumental | *blāwēm, *blāum | *blāwēm, *blāum | *blāwēm, *blāum |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: blāw, blēo, *blǣ(w) (only attested with i-mutation in blǣhǣwen and blǣwen), possibly in placenames (Blauuefelda , Blafelda, Blowedoune, Blouhulle)[1]
- Old Frisian: blāu, blāw
- Old Saxon: blāo, blāu
- Old Dutch: *blāo
- Middle Dutch: blau
- Dutch: blauw, blaauw
- Limburgish: blów
- Middle Dutch: blau
- Old High German: blāo
- → Old French: bloe, blou, bleu, blu, blef, bleve
- → Vulgar Latin: blāvus (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
See also[edit]
| *blaik, *blank, *hwīt, *blas | *falu, *grāu, *hasu, *grīs, *hair | *blak, *swart |
| *raud | *brūn, *erp, *dunn/dusn | *gelu |
| *grōnī | *grōnī | |
| *blāu | *blāu | |
| *blāu | *purpurā |