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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blaik
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *blaikaz.
Adjective
*blaik
- pale, white
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *blaik | ||
| Genitive | *blaikas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *blaik | *blaiku | *blaik |
| Accusative | *blaikanā | *blaikā | *blaik |
| Genitive | *blaikas | *blaikeʀā | *blaikas |
| Dative | *blaikumē | *blaikeʀē | *blaikumē |
| Instrumental | *blaiku | *blaikeʀu | *blaiku |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *blaikē | *blaikō | *blaiku |
| Accusative | *blaikā | *blaikā | *blaiku |
| Genitive | *blaikeʀō | *blaikeʀō | *blaikeʀō |
| Dative | *blaikēm, *blaikum | *blaikēm, *blaikum | *blaikēm, *blaikum |
| Instrumental | *blaikēm, *blaikum | *blaikēm, *blaikum | *blaikēm, *blaikum |
Descendants
- Old English: blāc, blǣc, blǣċ
- Middle English: blac, blak, bleke, bleche
- English: blake, bleak, bleach
- Middle English: blac, blak, bleke, bleche
- Old Saxon: blēk
- Middle Low German: blek, bleik
- Low German: bleek, blek, bleik
- Middle Low German: blek, bleik
- Old Dutch: *blēc
- Middle Dutch: blêec
- Dutch: bleek
- Limburgish: bleik
- Middle Dutch: blêec
- Old High German: bleih, blaih
- German: bleich
- Luxembourgish: bleech
- Yiddish: בלייך (bleykh)
- → Italian: biacca (from Lombardic)