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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blait
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Presumably from Proto-Germanic *blaitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyd-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyd-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *blědъ (“pale”), Albanian blehurë (“id”).
Adjective
*blait
- pale, discolored
Inflection
a-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *blait | ||
Genitive | *blaitas | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *blait | *blaitu | *blait |
Accusative | *blaitanā | *blaitā | *blait |
Genitive | *blaitas | *blaiteʀā | *blaitas |
Dative | *blaitumē | *blaiteʀē | *blaitumē |
Instrumental | *blaitu | *blaiteʀu | *blaitu |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *blaitē | *blaitō | *blaitu |
Accusative | *blaitā | *blaitā | *blaitu |
Genitive | *blaiteʀō | *blaiteʀō | *blaiteʀō |
Dative | *blaitēm, *blaitum | *blaitēm, *blaitum | *blaitēm, *blaitum |
Instrumental | *blaitēm, *blaitum | *blaitēm, *blaitum | *blaitēm, *blaitum |
Derived terms
- *blaitā
- *blaitijan
Descendants
- Old English: blāt
- Middle English: *blat, *blate, *blot, *blote
- >? Scots: blate, blait
- Middle English: *blat, *blate, *blot, *blote
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN