Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōmōną

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 *blōmô (“flower”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈˈblɔː.mɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blōmōną[1]

to blossom
to decorate with flowers

Inflection

Conjugation of *bannōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*bannō	*bannǭ	—	*bannōi	*?
2nd singular	*bannōsi	*bannōs	*bannō	*bannōsai	*bannōsau
3rd singular	*bannōþi	*bannō	*bannōþau	*bannōþai	*bannōþau
1st dual	*bannōs	*bannōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bannōþiz	*bannōþiz	*bannōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*bannōmaz	*bannōm	—	*bannōnþai	*bannōnþau
2nd plural	*bannōþ	*bannōþ	*bannōþ	*bannōnþai	*bannōnþau
3rd plural	*bannōnþi	*bannōn	*bannōnþau	*bannōnþai	*bannōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bannōdǭ	*bannōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*bannōdēz	*bannōdēdīz
3rd singular	*bannōdē	*bannōdēdī
1st dual	*bannōdēdū	*bannōdēdīw
2nd dual	*bannōdēdudiz	*bannōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*bannōdēdum	*bannōdēdīm
2nd plural	*bannōdēdud	*bannōdēdīd
3rd plural	*bannōdēdun	*bannōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*bannōndz	*bannōdaz

Related terms

*blōaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *blōmōn
- Old English: *blōmian
  - Middle English: blomen
    - English: bloom
- Old Frisian: *blōmia
  - West Frisian: blomje
- Old Saxon: *blōmon
  - Middle Low German: blōmen, blȫmen
- Old Dutch: *blōmon (attested as giblōmid)
  - Middle Dutch: *bloemen
    - Dutch: bloemen
- Old High German: bluomōn
  - Middle High German: bluomen
Old Norse: blóma
- Faroese: blóma
- Norwegian Nynorsk: blome, bloma

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003) , “*blōmōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 50

[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) , “*blōmōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 50