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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bleuwan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *blewwaną.
Verb
*bleuwan[1]
- to beat
Inflection
| Class 2 strong | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *bleuwan | |
| 1st sg. past | *blauw | |
| 3rd pl. past | *bluwun | |
| Past ptcple | *blowan | |
| Infinitive | *bleuwan | |
| Genitive infin. | *bleuwannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *bleuwannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *bleuwannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *bleuwu | *blauw |
| 2nd singular | *bliuwiʀi | *bluwī |
| 3rd singular | *bliuwidi | *blauw |
| 1st plural | *bleuwum | *bluwum |
| 2nd plural | *bliuwid | *bluwud |
| 3rd plural | *bleuwand | *bluwun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *bleuwē | *bluwī |
| 2nd singular | *bleuwēs | *bluwī |
| 3rd singular | *bleuwē | *bluwī |
| 1st plural | *bleuwēm | *bluwīm |
| 2nd plural | *bleuwēþ | *bluwīd |
| 3rd plural | *bleuwēn | *bluwīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *bleuw | |
| Plural | *bliuwid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *bleuwandī | *blowan |
Descendants
- Old Saxon: bliuwan
- → Middle English: blēwe, northern and East Midlands blowe, blaw
- Scots: blaw
- English: blow
- → Middle English: blēwe, northern and East Midlands blowe, blaw
- Old Dutch: *bliuwan
- Middle Dutch: blouwen
- Dutch: blouwen
- Middle Dutch: blouwen
- Old High German: bliuwan
- German: bläuen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66: “PWGmc *bleuwan”