*blīwiją

Runic: ᛒᛚᛁᚹᛁᛃᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbliː.wi.jɑ̃/

noun · neuter · ja-stem

Meanings

lead (metal)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a secondary neuter ja-stem built from the Proto-Germanic stem *blīw- underlying *blīwą ‘color, hue; lead-grey appearance’. The derivative would originally have meant something like ‘lead-colored substance’ or ‘that which is of lead-grey hue’, hence ‘lead’. Possibly related to *blēwaz (‘blue’), given the semantics.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	blīwiją	blīwijō
Acc.	blīwiją	blīwijō
Gen.	blīwijas, blīwīs	blīwijǫ̂
Dat.	blīwijai	blīwijamaz
Inst.	blīwijō	blīwijamiz
Voc.	blīwiją	blīwijō

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Descendants

*blīwī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *blī (Old Dutch)
  - bli (Middle Dutch)
    - blij, blei (Dutch)
    - blie (Limburgish)
*blīwī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *blī (Old Frisian)
  - Bläi (Saterland Frisian)
*blīwī (Proto-West Germanic)
- blīo, blīwo, blīoh (Old High German)
  - blī (Middle High German)
    - Blei (German)
    - Bläi (Luxembourgish)
    - בלײַ (blay) (Yiddish)
*blīwī (Proto-West Germanic)
- blī, blīo, blīu, *blīg (Old Saxon)
  - blî, blig, blige (Middle Low German)
    - Blie (Plautdietsch)
*blīwī (Proto-West Germanic)
- blī, blīo, blīu, *blīg (Old Saxon)
  - blî, blig, blige (Middle Low German)
    - *bli (Middle English)
      - bligeter (Middle English)
blý (Old Norse)
- blýggj, blý (Faroese)
- blý (Icelandic)
- bly (Norwegian)
blý (Old Norse)
- blȳ (Old Danish)
  - bly (Danish)
blý (Old Norse)
- blȳ (Old Swedish)
  - lyijy (Finnish)
  - bly (Swedish)

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