Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blēaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with Latin flō (“to breathe, blow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blēaną

to blow

Inflection

Conjugation of *blēaną (strong class 7)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*blēō	*blēaų	—	*blēai	*?
2nd singular	*blēizi	*blēaiz	*blē	*blēazai	*blēaizau
3rd singular	*blēidi	*blēai	*blēadau	*blēadai	*blēaidau
1st dual	*blēōz	*blēaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*blēadiz	*blēaidiz	*blēadiz	—	—
1st plural	*blēamaz	*blēaim	—	*blēandai	*blēaindau
2nd plural	*blēid	*blēaid	*blēid	*blēandai	*blēaindau
3rd plural	*blēandi	*blēain	*blēandau	*blēandai	*blēaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*beblō	*beblōį̄
2nd singular	*beblōt	*beblōīz
3rd singular	*beblō	*beblōī
1st dual	*beblōū	*beblōīw
2nd dual	*beblōudiz	*beblōīdiz
1st plural	*beblōum	*beblōīm
2nd plural	*beblōud	*beblōīd
3rd plural	*beblōun	*beblōīn

	present	past
participles	*blēandz	*blēanaz

Synonyms

*blēsaną
*wēaną

Descendants

Old English: blāwan
- Middle English: blawen, blowen
  - Scots: blaw
  - English: blow
Old Frisian: blā, blīa
- North Frisian: bleie
Old Saxon: blāian
- Middle Low German: (blêen)
Old Dutch: *blāien
- Middle Dutch: blâyen
  - Dutch: blaaien
Old High German: blāhan, plāhan, blājan
- Middle High German: blǣjen, blǣwen
  - German: (blähen)