*blakaz

Runic: ᛒᛚᚨᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈblɑ.kɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

burnt
black, swart

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰlo-g-ó-s, from root *bʰel- (‘to blaze; glow; bright flame; white’). Cognate with Ancient Greek φλέγω (phlégō) (phlégō, ‘to set on fire, burn, scorch; to kindle, arouse, inflame’), Latin fulgeō (‘to blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine’). Related to *blankaz (‘bright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding’) and *blaką (‘blackness, the color black; that which is black’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	blakaz	blakō	blaką, -atō	blakai	blakôz	blakō
Acc.	blakanǭ	blakǭ	blaką, -atō	blakanz	blakōz	blakō
Gen.	blakas, -is	blakaizōz	blakas, -is	blakaizǫ̂	blakaizǫ̂	blakaizǫ̂
Dat.	blakammai	blakaizōi	blakammai	blakaimaz	blakaimaz	blakaimaz
Inst.	blakanō	blakaizō	blakanō	blakaimiz	blakaimiz	blakaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	blakô	blakǭ	blakô	blakaniz	blakōniz	blakōnō
Acc.	blakanų	blakōnų	blakô	blakanunz	blakōnunz	blakōnō
Gen.	blakiniz	blakōniz	blakiniz	blakanǫ̂	blakōnǫ̂	blakanǫ̂
Dat.	blakini	blakōni	blakini	blakammaz	blakōmaz	blakammaz
Inst.	blakinē	blakōnē	blakinē	blakammiz	blakōmiz	blakammiz

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Descendants

*blak (Proto-West Germanic)
- blæc (Old English)
  - blak, blake (Middle English)
    - black (Scots)
*blak (Proto-West Germanic)
- blæc (Old English)
  - blak, blake (Middle English)
    - black (English)
      - blak (Dutch)
*blak (Proto-West Germanic)
- blah, plah (Old High German)
  - blach (Middle High German)
    - blach (German)
*blak (Proto-West Germanic)
- *blak (Old Saxon)
  - blak, black (Middle Low German)

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