Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blaik

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 *blaikaz.

Adjective

*blaik

1. pale, white

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*blaik
Genitive	*blaikas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*blaik	*blaiku	*blaik
Accusative	*blaikanā	*blaikā	*blaik
Genitive	*blaikas	*blaikeʀā	*blaikas
Dative	*blaikumē	*blaikeʀē	*blaikumē
Instrumental	*blaiku	*blaikeʀu	*blaiku
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*blaikē	*blaikō	*blaiku
Accusative	*blaikā	*blaikā	*blaiku
Genitive	*blaikeʀō	*blaikeʀō	*blaikeʀō
Dative	*blaikēm, *blaikum	*blaikēm, *blaikum	*blaikēm, *blaikum
Instrumental	*blaikēm, *blaikum	*blaikēm, *blaikum	*blaikēm, *blaikum

Derived terms

• *blaikēn
• *blaikijan

Descendants

• Old English: blāc, blǣc, blǣċ
  • Middle English: blac, blak, bleke, bleche
    • English: blake, bleak, bleach
• Old Saxon: blēk
  • Middle Low German: blek, bleik
    • Low German: bleek, blek, bleik
• Old Dutch: *blēc
  • Middle Dutch: blêec
    • Dutch: bleek
      • Afrikaans: bleek
    • Limburgish: bleik
• Old High German: bleih, blaih
  • Middle High German: bleich
    • German: bleich
    • Luxembourgish: bleech
    • Yiddish: בלייך (bleykh)
  • → Italian: biacca (from Lombardic)

See also

Colors in Proto-West Germanic · *farwō (layout · text)

*blaik, *blank, *hwīt, *blas	*falu, *grāu, *hasu, *grīs, *hair	*blak, *swart
*raud	*brūn, *erp, *dunn/dusn	*gelu
*grōnī	*grōnī
	*blāu	*blāu
*blāu	*purpurā