Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blētijaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Alternative reconstructions edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to howl, cry, bleat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Cognate with Latvian blēšana (“to bleat”), Russian бле́ять (bléjatʹ, “to bleat”), Latin fleō (“cry, weep”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*blētijaną
- to bleat
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *blētijaną (weak class 1)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *blātijan