Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology 1
From *bʰel- (“to make a loud sound”).
Root
*bʰleh₁-[1]
Derived terms
- *bʰleh₁-ye-ti (ye-present)[2]
- Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Germanic: *blētijaną (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
From *bʰel- (“to blow”).
This may be a specialization of the root for "to cry". LIV reconstructs a single root meaning "to howl".[3]
Root
*bʰleh₁-[4]
- to blow
Reconstruction notes
The Latin verb may be from the zero-grade *bʰl̥h₁-, resulting in a root *flā- from which the other Latin forms were derived analogically.
Derived terms
- *bʰleh₁- (root present)
- *bʰléh₁-s- (sigmatic aorist[6] or desiderative[3])
- Proto-Germanic: *blēsaną (“to blow”) (see there for further descendants)
- *bʰleh₁-dʰrom[7]
- *bʰleh₁-men-
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fleō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 226
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*blējan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰleh₁- ‘heulen’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “flō, flāre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 226–227
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*blēan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 67–68
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*blēsan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68
- ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1988) The Proto-Indo-European Instrument Noun Suffix *-tlom and its Variants (Historisk-filosofiske Meddelelser; 55), Copenhagen: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, →ISBN, page 11: “1.17. *bʰleh₁-dʰrom / *bʰl̥h₁-dʰrom”