Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blasaz

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (shiny, white).[1][2]

Adjective edit

*blasaz[1][2]

  1. white, pale (of animals)

Inflection edit


Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *blas

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “blaß”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 89-90:*blasa-
  2. 2.0 2.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ƀlasaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

See also edit

Colors in Proto-Germanic · *farwôz (layout · text)
     *blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz, *blasaz      *falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz      *blakaz, *swartaz
             *raudaz              *brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz              *gelwaz, *gulaz
             *grōniz              *grōniz             
                          *blēwaz              *blēwaz, *hēwijaz
             *blēwaz, *hēwijaz              *baswaz