Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blīþī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blīþiz +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*blīþī

1. happy

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*blīþī
Genitive	*blīþijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*blīþī	*blīþiju	*blīþī
Accusative	*blīþijanā	*blīþijā	*blīþī
Genitive	*blīþijas	*blīþijeʀā	*blīþijas
Dative	*blīþijumē	*blīþijeʀē	*blīþijumē
Instrumental	*blīþiju	*blīþijeʀu	*blīþiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*blīþijē	*blīþijō	*blīþiju
Accusative	*blīþijā	*blīþijā	*blīþiju
Genitive	*blīþijeʀō	*blīþijeʀō	*blīþijeʀō
Dative	*blīþijēm, *blīþijum	*blīþijēm, *blīþijum	*blīþijēm, *blīþijum
Instrumental	*blīþijēm, *blīþijum	*blīþijēm, *blīþijum	*blīþijēm, *blīþijum

Derived terms

• *blīþēn
• *blīþijan
• *blīþisi

Descendants

• Old English: blīþe
  • Middle English: blith, blyth, blithe
    • Scots: blithe, blythe, blide
    • English: blithe
• Old Frisian: *blīthe, *blīth, *blīd (in compounds)
  • North Frisian: blid
  • Saterland Frisian: bliede
  • West Frisian: bliid
• Old Saxon: blīthi
  • Middle Low German: blîde
    • Low German: blide, blyde
• Old Dutch: *blīthi
  • Middle Dutch: blide
    • Dutch: blij
• Old High German: blīdi, plīdi
  • Middle High German: blīde
    • German: blid, blied (dialectal)