bladum
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Frankish *blād (“field produce”), from Proto-Germanic *blēduz (“flower, leaf, blossom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, flower”). Compare Old English blǣd (etymology 3).
First documented in the late seventh century.[1]
Noun edit
bladum n (genitive bladī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | bladum | blada |
Genitive | bladī | bladōrum |
Dative | bladō | bladīs |
Accusative | bladum | blada |
Ablative | bladō | bladīs |
Vocative | bladum | blada |
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: blau (Benasqués)
References edit
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*blād”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 15/1: Germanismes: A–Bryman, page 135
Further reading edit
- bladum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Old English edit
Noun edit
bladum