Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blētijaną
(Redirected from Appendix:Proto-Germanic/blētijaną)
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative reconstructions
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
edit*blētijaną
- to bleat
Inflection
editConjugation of *blētijaną (weak class 1)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *blātijan