Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōaną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to flower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɔː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blōaną

1. to bloom, to flower

Inflection

Conjugation of *blōaną (strong class 7e)

	active voice				passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blōō	*blōaų	—		*blōai	?
2nd singular	*blōizi	*blōaiz	*blō		*blōazai	*blōaizau
3rd singular	*blōidi	*blōai	*blōadau		*blōadai	*blōaidau
1st dual	*blōōz	*blōaiw	—		—	—
2nd dual	*blōadiz	*blōaidiz	*blōadiz		—	—
1st plural	*blōamaz	*blōaim	—		*blōandai	*blōaindau
2nd plural	*blōid	*blōaid	*blōid		*blōandai	*blōaindau
3rd plural	*blōandi	*blōain	*blōandau		*blōandai	*blōaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*beblō	*beblōį̄
2nd singular	*beblōt	*beblōīz
3rd singular	*beblō	*beblōī
1st dual	*beblōū	*beblōīw
2nd dual	*beblōudiz	*beblōīdiz
1st plural	*beblōum	*beblōīm
2nd plural	*beblōud	*beblōīd
3rd plural	*beblōun	*beblōīn
	present	past
participles	*blōandz	*blōanaz

Derived terms

• *bladą
• *blōdiz
• *blōþą (possibly)
• *blōmô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *blōan
  • Old English: blōwan
    • Middle English: blowen, blowe
      • English: blow
        • Northumbrian: blaa
      • Scots: blaw
  • Old Frisian: *blōia
    • North Frisian: blöye
    • West Frisian: bloeie
  • Old Saxon: blōian, blōjan
    • Middle Low German: blōen, blōien
      • Low German: blöhen
  • Old Dutch: bluoien
    • Middle Dutch: bloeyen
      • Dutch: bloeien
        • Afrikaans: bloei
      • Limburgish: blöjje
  • Old High German: bluoen
    • Middle High German: blüejen, blüen
      • Alemannic German: blüeje
      • German: blühen
      • Hunsrik: bliehe
      • Luxembourgish: bléien
      • Vilamovian: błin