Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōtą

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

Traditionally from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlā-d- (“to offer, sacrifice”), comparing Latin flāmen (“priest”), but this root is largely abandoned by modern scholars. Possibly from the same root as *blōþą (“blood”); compare the development of Proto-West Germanic *blōdisōn (“to mark with blood > to bless”).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɔː.tɑ̃/

Noun

*blōtą n

1. offering, sacrifice

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *blōtą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*blōtą	*blōtō
vocative	*blōtą	*blōtō
accusative	*blōtą	*blōtō
genitive	*blōtas, *blōtis	*blōtǫ̂
dative	*blōtai	*blōtamaz
instrumental	*blōtō	*blōtamiz

Related terms

• *blōstrą
• *blōtaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *blōt
  • Old English: blōt; (blētsian?)
  • Old Saxon: *blōt
    • Middle Low German: blōt, blūt
  • Old High German: *bluoz, *pluoz, *plōz (in compound: bluozhūs, ploazhūs, plōzhūs)
• Old Norse: blót
  • Icelandic: blót
  • → Faroese: blót
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: blót
  • Old Swedish: blot
    • Swedish: blot
  • Old Gutnish: blót
  • → Danish: blot