bloaz
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Breton[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *blēdanī, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyd- (“pale”), though the semantic connection is weak.[1] See also Lithuanian blaĩvas (“whitish, blue, sober”), Proto-West Germanic *blait, Albanian blehurë.
Celtic cognates include Welsh blwydd, blwyddyn, Old Breton blened, Cornish bloth, Old Irish blíadain.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bloaz m (Vannes dialect, blé m)
Inflection[edit]
Mutation of bloaz
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “bledani”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 69