Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bladą

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 *bʰl̥h₃-tó-m, from *bʰleh₃- (“bloom, flower”); compare Tocharian A pält (“leaf, blade”). Synchronically analyzed as a nominal derivative of *blōaną (“to bloom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɑ.ðɑ̃/

Noun

*bladą n

1. leaf (of a plant)
2. sheet
3. blade (flat surface of a tool or weapon)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *bladą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bladą	*bladō
vocative	*bladą	*bladō
accusative	*bladą	*bladō
genitive	*bladas, *bladis	*bladǫ̂
dative	*bladai	*bladamaz
instrumental	*bladō	*bladamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *blad
  • Old English: blæd
    • Middle English: blad, blade
      • Scots: blad, blaud, blaid
      • English: blade
  • Old Frisian: bled
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr: bleed

      Hallig: blää

    • Saterland Frisian: Blääd
    • West Frisian: bled
  • Old Saxon: blad
    • Middle Low German: blat
      • Low German: Blatt
      • Plautdietsch: Blaut
  • Old Dutch: *blat
    • Middle Dutch: blat
      • Dutch: blad
        • Afrikaans: blad (“page”), blaar (“leaf”)
      • Limburgish: blaad
  • Old High German: blat
    • Middle High German: blat
      • Alemannic German: Blatt
      • Central Franconian: Blatt
        • Hunsrik: Blaat
        • Luxembourgish: Blat
      • East Central German:
        • Vilamovian: błot
      • German: Blatt
      • Rhine Franconian: Blaat, Blatt
        • Pennsylvania German: Blatt
      • Yiddish: בלאַט (blat)
• Old Norse: blað
  • Icelandic: blað
  • Faroese: blað
  • Norwegian: blad
  • Old Swedish: blaþ, ᛒᛚᛆᚦ (Runic)
    • Swedish: blad
  • Danish: blad