Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blīþisi

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

Etymology

From *blīþī +‎ *-isi.^[1]

Noun

*blīþisi f^[1]

(North Sea Germanic) happiness

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*blīþisi
Genitive	*blīþissjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*blīþisi	*blīþissjō
Accusative	*blīþissjā	*blīþissjā
Genitive	*blīþissjā	*blīþissjō
Dative	*blīþissjē	blīþissjōm, blīþissjum
Instrumental	*blīþissju	blīþissjōm, blīþissjum

Descendants

Old English: blīþs, blīds, bliss, blyss, blis, blys
- Middle English: blisse, blesse, blice, blisce, blis, blise, blys, blyss, blysse
  - English: bliss
  - Scots: bliss
Old Saxon: blīthsia, blīdsea, blizza

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14: “PWGmc *blīþisi”

[DOE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14: “PWGmc *blīþisi”

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