Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blēstuz

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 *blēsaną +‎ *-þuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛːs.tuz/

Noun

*blēstuz m

1. blast, burst of wind, breeze

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *blēstuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*blēstuz	*blēstiwiz
vocative	*blēstu	*blēstiwiz
accusative	*blēstų	*blēstunz
genitive	*blēstauz	*blēstiwǫ̂
dative	*blēstiwi	*blēstumaz
instrumental	*blēstū	*blēstumiz

Descendants

• Old English: blǣst
  • Middle English: blast, blaste, blæst, blest
    • English: blast
      • → Irish: bleaist
    • Scots: blast
• Old Saxon: *blāst (in anablāst)
• Old High German: blāst, plāst
  • Middle High German: blāst
    • German: Blast
• Old Norse: blástr
  • Icelandic: blástur
  • Faroese: blástur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blåster, blåst
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: blåst
  • Old Swedish: blāster, blǣster
    • Swedish: blåst (in southern dialects bläst, bläjst, blest)
  • Old Danish: blæst
    • Danish: blæst
      • Norwegian Bokmål: blest
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: blest
  • Norn: blåster