Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blīwiją
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mliH-wó-s[1], perhaps from *mleh₁y- (“to be weak, weary, tired”), related to *blīþiz (“soft, mild”), cognate with Sanskrit म्लायति (mlā́yati, “to be weary”), Proto-Celtic *mlīnos (“weary, tired”), or possibly of substrate origin, compare Ancient Greek μόλῠβδος (mólubdos, “lead”), Latin plumbum (“lead”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*blīwiją n
- lead (metal)
Inflection edit
neuter ja-stemDeclension of *blīwiją (neuter ja-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *blīwiją | *blīwijō | |
vocative | *blīwiją | *blīwijō | |
accusative | *blīwiją | *blīwijō | |
genitive | *blīwijas, *blīwīs | *blīwijǫ̂ | |
dative | *blīwijai | *blīwijamaz | |
instrumental | *blīwijō | *blīwijamiz |
Alternative reconstructions edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *blīwī
- Old Norse: blý
- → Estonian: plii
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blīwa- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ƀlīwan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 49-50
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Blei¹”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 91