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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blandaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
An o-grade intensive, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to blend”). Related to Old Church Slavonic блѧсти (blęsti, “to chatter, talk nonsense”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɑn.dɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*blandaną
- to blend, make murky; to mix, mingle
Inflection
Conjugation of *blandaną (strong class 7c)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
1st singular | *blandō | *blandaų | — | *blandai | ? |
2nd singular | *blandizi | *blandaiz | *bland | *blandazai | *blandaizau |
3rd singular | *blandidi | *blandai | *blandadau | *blandadai | *blandaidau |
1st dual | *blandōz | *blandaiw | — | — | — |
2nd dual | *blandadiz | *blandaidiz | *blandadiz | — | — |
1st plural | *blandamaz | *blandaim | — | *blandandai | *blandaindau |
2nd plural | *blandid | *blandaid | *blandid | *blandandai | *blandaindau |
3rd plural | *blandandi | *blandain | *blandandau | *blandandai | *blandaindau |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
1st singular | *bebland | *beblandį̄ | |||
2nd singular | *beblanst | *beblandīz | |||
3rd singular | *bebland | *beblandī | |||
1st dual | *beblandū | *beblandīw | |||
2nd dual | *beblandudiz | *beblandīdiz | |||
1st plural | *beblandum | *beblandīm | |||
2nd plural | *beblandud | *beblandīd | |||
3rd plural | *beblandun | *beblandīn | |||
present | past | ||||
participles | *blandandz | *blandanaz |
Derived terms
- *blandijaną
- *blandiz
- *blindaz
Descendants
- Old English: blandan, blondan; ġeblendan
- Middle English: blanden, blenden
- English: blend
- Scots: bland; blent (pptc)
- Middle English: blanden, blenden
- Old Frisian: blenda
- Old Saxon: blandan
- Old Dutch: *blandan
- Middle Dutch: blanden
- Old High German: blantan
- Middle High German: blanden, blenden
- ⇒ Middle High German: blendelinc
- German: Blendling
- ⇒ Middle High German: blendelinc
- Middle High German: blanden, blenden
- Old Norse: blanda
- Icelandic: blanda
- Faroese: blanda
- Norwegian: blande
- Swedish: blanda
- Danish: blande
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (blandan)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN