< Reconstruction:Old Norse
Reconstruction:Old Norse/bljúgr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *blewgaz, *blūgaz, likely from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰlu-, *bʰlew-, *bʰlow-. Compare blautr.
Adjective
*bljúgr
- shy, bashful, timid
- modest, humble
Descendants
- Icelandic: bljúgur
- Norwegian: blyg
- Old Swedish: bliūgher, blȳgher
- Swedish: blyg
- Danish: bly
- Bohusian: bluv
- Scanian: bløğ
- Helsingian: blig
- Westrobothnian: bliu, blug, blöu