Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blad

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 *bladą.

Noun

*blad n

1. leaf
2. sheet
3. blade

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*blad
Genitive	*bladas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*blad	*bladu
Accusative	*blad	*bladu
Genitive	*bladas	*bladō
Dative	*bladē	*bladum
Instrumental	*bladu	*bladum

Derived terms

• *bladōn

Descendants

• 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)