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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōþagaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *blōþą (“blood”) + *-gaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɔː.θɑ.ɣɑz/
Adjective
*blōþagaz[1]
- bloody
Inflection
Declension of *blōþagaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *blōþagaz | *blōþagai | *blōþagō | *blōþagôz | *blōþagą, *-atō | *blōþagō |
| accusative | *blōþaganǭ | *blōþaganz | *blōþagǭ | *blōþagōz | *blōþagą, *-atō | *blōþagō |
| genitive | *blōþagas, *blōþagis | *blōþagaizǫ̂ | *blōþagaizōz | *blōþagaizǫ̂ | *blōþagas, *blōþagis | *blōþagaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *blōþagammai | *blōþagaimaz | *blōþagaizōi | *blōþagaimaz | *blōþagammai | *blōþagaimaz |
| instrumental | *blōþaganō | *blōþagaimiz | *blōþagaizō | *blōþagaimiz | *blōþaganō | *blōþagaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *blōþagô | *blōþaganiz | *blōþagǭ | *blōþagōniz | *blōþagô | *blōþagōnō |
| accusative | *blōþaganų | *blōþaganunz | *blōþagōnų | *blōþagōnunz | *blōþagô | *blōþagōnō |
| genitive | *blōþaginiz | *blōþaganǫ̂ | *blōþagōniz | *blōþagōnǫ̂ | *blōþaginiz | *blōþaganǫ̂ |
| dative | *blōþagini | *blōþagammaz | *blōþagōni | *blōþagōmaz | *blōþagini | *blōþagammaz |
| instrumental | *blōþaginē | *blōþagammiz | *blōþagōnē | *blōþagōmiz | *blōþaginē | *blōþagammiz |
Derived terms
- *blōþagōną
Descendants
- Old English: blōdiġ, blōdeġ
- Middle English: blody
- English: bloody
- Scots: bludie, bludy, bluidy, bleedy
- Middle English: blody
- Old Frisian: blōdich
- Old Saxon: blōdag
- Old Dutch: *bluodig
- Middle Dutch: bloedich
- Dutch: bloedig
- Middle Dutch: bloedich
- Old High German: bloutag, bloutīg
- Middle High German: bluotec, bluotic
- German: blutig
- Middle High German: bluotec, bluotic
- Old Norse: blóðigr
- Icelandic: blóðugur
- Danish: blodig
- Swedish: blodig
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*blōdagaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 50