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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/starablindaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *staraz (“stiff”) + *blindaz (“blind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɑ.rɑˌblin.dɑz/
Adjective
*starablindaz[1]
- completely blind
Inflection
Declension of *starablindaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *starablindaz | *starablindai | *starablindō | *starablindôz | *starablindą, *-at(ō) | *starablindō |
| accusative | *starablindanǭ | *starablindanz | *starablindǭ | *starablindōz | *starablindą, *-at(ō) | *starablindō |
| genitive | *starablindas, *starablindis | *starablindaizǫ̂ | *starablindaizōz | *starablindaizǫ̂ | *starablindas, *starablindis | *starablindaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *starablindammai | *starablindaimaz | *starablindaizōi | *starablindaimaz | *starablindammai | *starablindaimaz |
| instrumental | *starablindanō | *starablindaimiz | *starablindaizō | *starablindaimiz | *starablindanō | *starablindaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *starablindô | *starablindaniz | *starablindǭ | *starablindōniz | *starablindô | *starablindōnō |
| accusative | *starablindanų | *starablindanunz | *starablindōnų | *starablindōnunz | *starablindô | *starablindōnō |
| genitive | *starablindiniz | *starablindanǫ̂ | *starablindōniz | *starablindōnǫ̂ | *starablindiniz | *starablindanǫ̂ |
| dative | *starablindini | *starablindammaz | *starablindōni | *starablindōmaz | *starablindini | *starablindammaz |
| instrumental | *starablindinē | *starablindammiz | *starablindōnē | *starablindōmiz | *starablindinē | *starablindammiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *starablind
- Old English: stærblind
- Middle English: stareblind, starblynd
- English: star-blind
- Middle English: stareblind, starblynd
- Old Frisian: stareblind
- Old Saxon: *starblind
- Middle Low German: starblint
- Old Dutch: *starblind
- Middle Dutch: stāerblint
- Dutch: staarblind
- Middle Dutch: stāerblint
- Old High German: starablint
- Middle High German: starblint
- German: starblind
- Middle High German: starblint
- Old English: stærblind
- Old East Scandinavian: starblinder
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*starablendaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 372