"blīu" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Proto-West Germanic]

Etymology: Uncertain; presumably from Proto-Germanic *blīwą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlih₁-wó-s, from *bʰl-eh₁y-, extended from *bʰel- (“to shine”), related to *blēwaz (“blue”), cognate with Latin flāvus (“yellow, golden”), Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour, lustre”), Lithuanian blaivýtis (“to become bright, clear up”). Etymology templates: {{unc|gmw-pro}} Uncertain, {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro||*blīwą}} Proto-Germanic *blīwą, {{der|gmw-pro|ine-pro||*bʰlih₁-wó-s}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰlih₁-wó-s, {{cog|la|flāvus|t=yellow, golden}} Latin flāvus (“yellow, golden”), {{cog|sa|भाल|t=splendour, lustre}} Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour, lustre”), {{cog|lt|blaivýtis|t=to become bright, clear up}} Lithuanian blaivýtis (“to become bright, clear up”) Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=n}} *blīu n Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-a|g=n}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], blīu [nominative, singular], blīwa [nominative, singular], blīu [nominative, plural], blīu [accusative, singular], blīwa [accusative, singular], blīu [accusative, plural], blīwas [genitive, singular], blīwō [genitive, plural], blīwē [dative, singular], blīum [dative, plural], blīu [instrumental, singular], blīum [instrumental, plural]
  1. color, hue Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: neuter, reconstruction Derived forms: → Old French: bliaut (english: see there for further descendants), blīwafalþ (alt: + *falþan) Related terms: blīwī
    Sense id: en-blīu-gmw-pro-noun-lIMuM-8E Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰel-"
    ],
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      "*blēwaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blēwaz"
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      "flavus#Latin"
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    },
    {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
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      },
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    }
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blīu",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blīu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blīwas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blīwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blīwē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blīum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blīu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blīu",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "blīwī"
    }
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic neuter nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic neuter wa-stem nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies",
        "gmw-pro:Colors"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "color, hue"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "color"
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        ]
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        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "blīu"
}

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