Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blasā

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 *blasǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny, white”).

Noun

*blasā f

(Anglo-Frisian Germanic) blaze, flame
torch, lamp

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*blasā
Genitive	*blasōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*blasā	*blasōn
Accusative	*blasōn	*blasōn
Genitive	*blasōn	*blasōnō
Dative	*blasōn	blasōm, blasum
Instrumental	*blasōn	blasōm, blasum

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: blase, blæse
- Middle English: blase, blese; blaese, blease
  - English: blaze
  - Scots: bleize, blase, blese, bleise, bleis, bleeze
  - Yola: blaze, bleaze, blease

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