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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *blīwiją.
Noun
*blīwī n
- lead (metal)
- Synonym: *laud
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*blīwij(a)
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| Genitive
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*blīwijas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*blīwij(a)
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*blīwiju
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| Accusative
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*blīwij(a)
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*blīwiju
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| Genitive
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*blīwijas
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*blīwijō
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| Dative
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*blīwijē
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*blīwijum
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| Instrumental
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*blīwiju
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*blīwijum
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Descendants
- Old Frisian: *blī
- Saterland Frisian: Bläi (possibly borrowed from Low German)
- Old Saxon: blī, blīo, blīu, *blīg
- Middle Low German: blî, blig, blige
- German Low German:
- Altmärkisch: Bli
- Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Bluich
- Lippisch: Blüch, Bluig
- Sauerländisch: Bley, Blǖ, Blī
- Westmünsterländisch: Blij
- Plautdietsch: Blie
- → Middle English: *bli
- ⇒ Middle English: bligeter (“lead founder”)
- Old Dutch: *blī
- Middle Dutch: bli
- Dutch: blij, blei (with unetymological ei)
- Limburgish: blie
- Old High German: blīo, blīwo, blīoh (< *blīu or *blīwō)