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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blewwaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mléw-e-, from Proto-Indo-European *mlew-. Related to Ancient Greek ἀμβλύς (amblús, “blunt; dim, faint”), Avestan 𐬨𐬭𐬎𐬙𐬀 (mruta, “crushed (?), weak”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblew.wɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*blewwaną[1][2]
- to beat
Inflection
Conjugation of *blewwaną (strong class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *blewwō | *blewwaų | — | *blewwai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *bliwwizi | *blewwaiz | *bleww | *blewwazai | *blewwaizau |
| 3rd singular | *bliwwidi | *blewwai | *blewwadau | *blewwadai | *blewwaidau |
| 1st dual | *blewwōz | *blewwaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *blewwadiz | *blewwaidiz | *blewwadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *blewwamaz | *blewwaim | — | *blewwandai | *blewwaindau |
| 2nd plural | *bliwwid | *blewwaid | *bliwwid | *blewwandai | *blewwaindau |
| 3rd plural | *blewwandi | *blewwain | *blewwandau | *blewwandai | *blewwaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *blau(w) | *bluwį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *blau(w)t | *bluwīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *blau(w) | *bluwī | |||
| 1st dual | *bluwū | *bluwīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *bluwudiz | *bluwīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *bluwum | *bluwīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *bluwud | *bluwīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *bluwun | *bluwīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *blewwandz | *bluwanaz | |||
Related terms
- *blauþuz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *bleuwan
- Old Saxon: bliuwan
- Middle Low German: blǖwen, bluwen
- → Middle English: blēwe, northern and East Midlands blowe, blaw
- Scots: blaw
- English: blow
- Old Dutch: *bliuwan
- Middle Dutch: blouwen
- Dutch: blouwen
- Middle Dutch: blouwen
- Old High German: bliuwan
- Middle High German: bliuwen, blūwen, blouwen, bliugen, pliuwen, pliugen
- German: bleuen, bläuen
- Middle High German: bliuwen, blūwen, blouwen, bliugen, pliuwen, pliugen
- Old Saxon: bliuwan
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽 (bliggwan)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*blewwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*blewwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48