Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰleh₁-

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology 1

From *bʰel- (to make a loud sound).

Root

*bʰleh₁-[1]

  1. to bleat
  2. to cry
Derived terms

Template:PIE root see

  • *bʰleh₁-ye-ti (ye-present)[2]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blḗˀtei (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *blējaną (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *flēō[1]
  • 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]

  1. 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

Template:PIE root see

  • *bʰleh₁- (root present)
    • Proto-Germanic: *blēaną[5] (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *flāō[4]
      • Latin: flō (underlying /flā/-) (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰléh₁-s- (sigmatic aorist[6] or desiderative[3])
    • Proto-Germanic: *blēsaną (to blow) (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰleh₁-dʰrom[7]
    • Proto-Germanic: *blēdrǭ (bladder; swelling) (< *bʰleh₁-dʰreh₂-n?) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *flāðrom
      • Latin: flābrum (wind)[4] (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰleh₁-men-

References

  1. 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
  2. ^ 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. 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. 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
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ 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