Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōtą

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 *bʰlād- (“to offer, sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblɔː.tɑ̃/

Noun

*blōtą n

offering, sacrifice

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *blōtą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*blōtą	*blōtō
vocative	*blōtą	*blōtō
accusative	*blōtą	*blōtō
genitive	blōtas, blōtis	*blōtǫ̂
dative	*blōtai	*blōtamaz
instrumental	*blōtō	*blōtamiz

Related terms

*blōstrą
*blōtaną

Descendants

Old English: blōt; (blētsian?)
Old Saxon: *blōt
- Middle Low German: blōt, blūt
Old High German: *bluoz, *pluoz, plōz (in compound: bluozhūs, ploazhūs, plōzhūs)
Old Norse: blót
- Icelandic: blót
- Faroese: blót
- Swedish: blot
- Danish: blot