*bladą

Runic: ᛒᛚᚨᛞᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈblɑ.ðɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

leaf (of a plant)
sheet
blade (flat surface of a tool or weapon)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-o-tó-m, from *bʰleh₃- (‘bloom, flower’); compare Tocharian A pält (‘leaf, blade’). Synchronically analyzed as a nominal derivative of *blōaną (‘to bloom’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	bladą	bladō
Acc.	bladą	bladō
Gen.	bladas, bladis	bladǫ̂
Dat.	bladai	bladamaz
Inst.	bladō	bladamiz
Voc.	bladą	bladō

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Descendants

*blad (Proto-West Germanic)
- *blat (Old Dutch)
  - blat (Middle Dutch)
    - blaad (Limburgish)
*blad (Proto-West Germanic)
- *blat (Old Dutch)
  - blat (Middle Dutch)
    - blad (Dutch)
      - blad, blaar (Afrikaans)
*blad (Proto-West Germanic)
- blæd (Old English)
  - blad, blaad, bladd, blade, blayd, blayde (Middle English)
    - blade, blad (English)
    - blade, blaid, bled (Scots)
*blad (Proto-West Germanic)
- bled (Old Frisian)
  - Blääd (Saterland Frisian)
  - bled (West Frisian)
*blad (Proto-West Germanic)
- blat (Old High German)
  - blat (Middle High German)
    - Blatt (Alemannic German)
    - Blatt (German)
    - בלאַט (blat) (Yiddish)
*blad (Proto-West Germanic)
- blat (Old High German)
  - blat (Middle High German)
    - Blatt (Central Franconian)
      - Blat (Luxembourgish)
*blad (Proto-West Germanic)
- blat (Old High German)
  - blat (Middle High German)
    - Blaat, Blatt (Rhine Franconian)
      - Blatt (Pennsylvania German)
*blad (Proto-West Germanic)
- blad (Old Saxon)
  - blat (Middle Low German)
    - Blatt (Low German)
    - Blaut (Plautdietsch)
blað (Old Norse)
- blad (Danish)
- blað (Faroese)
- blað (Icelandic)
- blad (Norwegian)
blað (Old Norse)
- blaþ, ᛒᛚᛆᚦ (Old Swedish)
  - blad (Swedish)

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