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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blaikaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *bʰloyǵ-os, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɑi̯.kɑz/
Adjective
*blaikaz
- pale, white
Inflection
Declension of *blaikaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *blaikaz | *blaikai | *blaikō | *blaikôz | *blaiką, -atō | *blaikō |
| Accusative | *blaikanǭ | *blaikanz | *blaikǭ | *blaikōz | *blaiką, -atō | *blaikō |
| Genitive | *blaikas, -is | *blaikaizǫ̂ | *blaikaizōz | *blaikaizǫ̂ | *blaikas, -is | *blaikaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *blaikammai | *blaikaimaz | *blaikaizōi | *blaikaimaz | *blaikammai | *blaikaimaz |
| Instrumental | *blaikanō | *blaikaimiz | *blaikaizō | *blaikaimiz | *blaikanō | *blaikaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *blaikô | *blaikaniz | *blaikǭ | *blaikōniz | *blaikô | *blaikōnō |
| Accusative | *blaikanų | *blaikanunz | *blaikōnų | *blaikōnunz | *blaikô | *blaikōnō |
| Genitive | *blaikiniz | *blaikanǫ̂ | *blaikōniz | *blaikōnǫ̂ | *blaikiniz | *blaikanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *blaikini | *blaikammaz | *blaikōni | *blaikōmaz | *blaikini | *blaikammaz |
| Instrumental | *blaikinē | *blaikammiz | *blaikōnē | *blaikōmiz | *blaikinē | *blaikammiz |
Derived terms
- *blaikijaną
- *blaiknaną
- *blaikōną
Related terms
- *blakaz
- *blēwaz
Descendants
- Old English: blāc, blǣc, blǣċ
- Middle English: blac, blak, bleke, bleche
- English: blake, bleak, bleach
- Middle English: blac, blak, bleke, bleche
- Old Saxon: blēk
- Middle Saxon/Middle Low German: blek, bleik
- Saxon/Low German: blek, bleik
- Middle Saxon/Middle Low German: blek, bleik
- Old Dutch: *blēk
- Middle Dutch: bleec
- Dutch: bleek
- Middle Dutch: bleec
- Old High German: bleih, blaih
- German: bleich
- Luxembourgish: bleech
- Yiddish: בלייך (bleykh)
- → Italian: biacca (from Lombardic)
- Old Norse: bleikr
- Icelandic: bleikur
- Faroese: bleikur
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: bleik, blek
- Nynorsk: bleik
- Old Swedish: blēker
- Swedish: blek
- Old Danish: blēk
- Danish: bleg
- Elfdalian: bliek
- Gutnish: blaikar
- Westrobothnian: bleik, blaik
- Middle English: bleik
- Scots: bleg; blaiken
- English: bleak (partly)
See also
| Colors in Proto-Germanic · *farwôz (layout · text) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz | *falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz | *blakaz, *swartaz | ||
| *raudaz | *brūnaz, *erpaz | *gelwaz | ||
| *grōniz | *grōniz | |||
| *blēwaz | *blēwaz, *hēwjaz | |||
| *blēwaz, *hēwjaz | *baswaz, *gudawabjīnaz | |||