Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blēsaną

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 Pre-Germanic *bʰleh₁s-, sigmatic aorist to *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛː.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blēsaną

1. to blow

Inflection

Conjugation of *blēsaną (strong class 7d)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blēsō	*blēsaų	—	*blēsai	?
2nd singular	*blēsizi	*blēsaiz	*blēs	*blēsazai	*blēsaizau
3rd singular	*blēsidi	*blēsai	*blēsadau	*blēsadai	*blēsaidau
1st dual	*blēsōz	*blēsaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*blēsadiz	*blēsaidiz	*blēsadiz	—	—
1st plural	*blēsamaz	*blēsaim	—	*blēsandai	*blēsaindau
2nd plural	*blēsid	*blēsaid	*blēsid	*blēsandai	*blēsaindau
3rd plural	*blēsandi	*blēsain	*blēsandau	*blēsandai	*blēsaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*beblēs	*beblēzį̄
2nd singular	*beblēst	*beblēzīz
3rd singular	*beblēs	*beblēzī
1st dual	*beblēzū	*beblēzīw
2nd dual	*beblēzudiz	*beblēzīdiz
1st plural	*beblēzum	*beblēzīm
2nd plural	*beblēzud	*beblēzīd
3rd plural	*beblēzun	*beblēzīn
	present	past
participles	*blēsandz	*blēzanaz

Synonyms

• *blēaną
• *wēaną

Derived terms

• *blēstuz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *blāsan
  • Old English: *blāsan, *blǣsan
    • Middle English: blasen
      • English: blaze (“to blow, trumpet”)
      • Scots: blase, blaze
  • Old Frisian: *blāsa, *blēsa
    • Saterland Frisian: bloasje, bleesje, bloazje, bläizje
    • West Frisian: blieze
  • Old Saxon: *blāsan
    • Middle Low German: blâsen
      • Low German: blasen
      • Plautdietsch: blosen
      • → West Frisian: blaze
  • Old Dutch: *blāsan
    • Middle Dutch: blâsen
      • Dutch: blazen
      • → French: blaser
        • ⇒ French: blasé
          • → English: blasé
          • → German: blasiert
  • Old High German: blāsan
    • Middle High German: blāsen
      • Bavarian: blåsn
      • German: blasen
      • Luxembourgish: blosen
      • Yiddish: בלאָזן (blozn)
• Old Norse: blása
  • Icelandic: blása
  • Faroese: blása
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: blåse
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: blåsa, blåse
  • Old Swedish: blāsa
    • Swedish: blåsa
  • Old Danish: blǣsæ
    • Danish: blæse
  • Elfdalian: blåsa
  • Gutnish: blase
  • Scanian: blæsa
• Gothic: *𐌱𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*blēsan) (in 𐌿𐍆𐌱𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌽 (ufblēsan))