Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/blandás

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰlondʰ-o-s, from *bʰlendʰ- (“to blend, mix up”).

Noun

*blandás m[1][2]

obscuration, cloudiness

Inflection

Declension of *blandás (o-stem, unknown accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*blandas	*blandōˀ	*blandai⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*blandan	*blandōˀ	*blandō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*blandā	*blandāu⁽ˀ⁾	*blandōn
Locative	*blandai	*blandāu⁽ˀ⁾	*blandaišu
Dative	*blandōi	*blandamā⁽ˀ⁾	*blandamas
Instrumental	*blandōˀ	*blandamāˀ	*blandōis
Vocative	*blande	*blandōˀ	*blandai⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: blods
- Lithuanian: blañdas
Proto-Slavic: *blǫ̑dъ (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*blǫ̑dъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47: “*blondos”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “blandas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 92: “*blondos”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*blǫ̑dъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47: “*blondos”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “blandas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 92: “*blondos”