Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰlendʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

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Root

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*bʰlendʰ-[1]

  1. to blend, to mix up
  2. to make cloudy, opaque
  3. blond, red-haired, ruddy (alternative/contested)

Derived terms

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  • *bʰlondʰ-o-nom (o-grade root present)
    • Proto-Germanic: *blandaną (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰlendʰ-ye-ti (ye-present)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blenstei (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰlendʰ-i-s or *bʰln̥dʰ-i-s
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blendis
      • Proto-Slavic: *blędь (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰln̥dʰ-nó-s
  • *bʰlendʰ-os
    • Proto-Germanic: *blindaz (blind) (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰlondʰ-éye-ti
  • *bʰlondʰ-o-s
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blandas (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰl̥ndʰ-os or *bʰlendʰ-os

References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN