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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blindōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *blindaz (“blind”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈblin.dɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*blindōną[1]
- (transitive) to blind
Inflection
Conjugation of *blindōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *blindō | *blindǭ | — | *blindōi | ? |
| 2nd singular | *blindōsi | *blindōs | *blindō | *blindōsai | *blindōsau |
| 3rd singular | *blindōþi | *blindō | *blindōþau | *blindōþai | *blindōþau |
| 1st dual | *blindōs | *blindōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *blindōþiz | *blindōþiz | *blindōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *blindōmaz | *blindōm | — | *blindōnþai | *blindōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *blindōþ | *blindōþ | *blindōþ | *blindōnþai | *blindōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *blindōnþi | *blindōn | *blindōnþau | *blindōnþai | *blindōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *blindōdǭ | *blindōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *blindōdēz | *blindōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *blindōdē | *blindōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *blindōdēdū | *blindōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *blindōdēdudiz | *blindōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *blindōdēdum | *blindōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *blindōdēdud | *blindōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *blindōdēdun | *blindōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *blindōndz | *blindōdaz | |||
Related terms
- *blindijaną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *blindōn
- Old English: *blindian
- Middle English: blinden
- English: blind
- Middle English: blinden
- Old Frisian: blindia
- Saterland Frisian: blindja
- West Frisian: blynje
- Old Saxon: *blindōn
- Middle Low German: blinden
- Old Dutch: *blindon
- Middle Dutch: blinden
- Old High German: *blintōn
- Middle High German: blinden
- Old English: *blindian
- Old Norse: blinda
- Icelandic: blinda
- Norwegian Nynorsk: blinda, blinde
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*blendojanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48