Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blewwaną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mléw-e-, from Proto-Indo-European *mlew-. Related to Ancient Greek ἀμβλύς (amblús, “blunt; dim, faint”), Avestan 𐬨𐬭𐬎𐬙𐬀 (mruta, “crushed (?), weak”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*blewwaną[1][2]

  1. to beat

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *blewwaną (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *blewwō *blewwaų — *blewwai ?
2nd singular *bliwwizi *blewwaiz *bleww *blewwazai *blewwaizau
3rd singular *bliwwidi *blewwai *blewwadau *blewwadai *blewwaidau
1st dual *blewwōz *blewwaiw — — —
2nd dual *blewwadiz *blewwaidiz *blewwadiz — —
1st plural *blewwamaz *blewwaim — *blewwandai *blewwaindau
2nd plural *bliwwid *blewwaid *bliwwid *blewwandai *blewwaindau
3rd plural *blewwandi *blewwain *blewwandau *blewwandai *blewwaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *blau(w) *bluwį̄
2nd singular *blau(w)t *bluwīz
3rd singular *blau(w) *bluwī
1st dual *bluwū *bluwīw
2nd dual *bluwudiz *bluwīdiz
1st plural *bluwum *bluwīm
2nd plural *bluwud *bluwīd
3rd plural *bluwun *bluwīn
present past
participles *blewwandz *bluwanaz

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blewwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*blewwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
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