Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blēaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with Latin flō (“to breathe, blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blēaną

1. to blow

Inflection

Conjugation of *blēaną (strong class 7d)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blēō	*blēaų	—	*blēai	?
2nd singular	*blēizi	*blēaiz	*blē	*blēazai	*blēaizau
3rd singular	*blēidi	*blēai	*blēadau	*blēadai	*blēaidau
1st dual	*blēōz	*blēaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*blēadiz	*blēaidiz	*blēadiz	—	—
1st plural	*blēamaz	*blēaim	—	*blēandai	*blēaindau
2nd plural	*blēid	*blēaid	*blēid	*blēandai	*blēaindau
3rd plural	*blēandi	*blēain	*blēandau	*blēandai	*blēaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*beblō	*beblōį̄
2nd singular	*beblōt	*beblōīz
3rd singular	*beblō	*beblōī
1st dual	*beblōū	*beblōīw
2nd dual	*beblōudiz	*beblōīdiz
1st plural	*beblōum	*beblōīm
2nd plural	*beblōud	*beblōīd
3rd plural	*beblōun	*beblōīn
	present	past
participles	*blēandz	*blēanaz

Synonyms

• *blēsaną
• *wēaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *blāan
  • Old English: blāwan
    • Middle English: blowen, blouen, blow, blowe, blowyn, blawe (Northern or Kent), blawen, bloawen (Early Middle English)
      • English: blow
      • Geordie English: blaw
      • Scots: blaw
      • Yola: blay
  • Old Frisian: blā, blīa
    • North Frisian: bleie
  • Old Saxon: blāian
    • (Middle Low German: blêen)
  • Old Dutch: *blāien
    • Middle Dutch: blâyen
      • Dutch: blaaien (obsolete)
  • Old High German: blāhan, plāhan, blājan
    • Middle High German: blǣjen, blǣwen
      • German: blähen
      • ⇒ Cimbrian: inpléenanzich