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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blīwiją

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

Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mliH-wó-s[1], perhaps from *mleh₁y- (to be weak, weary, tired), related to *blīþiz (soft, mild), cognate with Sanskrit म्लायति (mlā́yati, to be weary), Proto-Celtic *mlīnos (weary, tired), or possibly of substrate origin, compare Ancient Greek μόλῠβδος (mólubdos, lead), Latin plumbum (lead).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbliː.wi.jɑ̃/

Noun

*blīwiją n

  1. lead (metal)

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *blīwiją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *blīwiją *blīwijō
vocative *blīwiją *blīwijō
accusative *blīwiją *blīwijō
genitive *blīwijas, *blīwīs *blīwijǫ̂
dative *blīwijai *blīwijamaz
instrumental *blīwijō *blīwijamiz

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *blīwī
    • Old Frisian: blī
    • Old Saxon: blī, *blīg
      • Middle Low German: blî, blig, blige
        • German Low German:
          Altmärkisch: Bli
          Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Bluich
          Sauerländisch: Bley, Blǖ, Blī
          Westmünsterländisch: Blij
        • Plautdietsch: Blie
        • Middle English: *bli
          • Middle English: bligeter (lead founder)
    • Old Dutch: blī
      • Middle Dutch: bli
        • Dutch: blei, (archaic) blij
        • Limburgish: blie
    • Old High German: blīo, blīwo, blīoh (< *blīu or *blīwō)
  • Old Norse: blý
  • Estonian: plii

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blīwa- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ƀlīwan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 49-50
  3. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Blei¹”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 91
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