*blōtą

Runic: ᛒᛚᛟᛏᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈblɔː.tɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

offering, sacrifice

Etymology

Uncertain. De (Vaan 2008) notes a commonly posited cognate in Latin flāmen (‘priest, flamen’) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂- (d-)mn̥, from a root *bʰleh₂- (‘to call out, speak solemnly; worship’) but this is disputed. If the root is correct, the original form would be PIE *bʰleh₂-d-ó-m.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.blōtąblōtō
Acc.blōtąblōtō
Gen.blōtas, blōtisblōtǫ̂
Dat.blōtaiblōtamaz
Inst.blōtōblōtamiz
Voc.blōtąblōtō

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Descendants

  • *blōt (Proto-West Germanic)
    • blōt, blētsian (Old English)
    • *bluoz, *pluoz, *plōz (Old High German)
  • *blōt (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *blōt (Old Saxon)
      • blōt, blūt (Middle Low German)
  • blót (Old Norse)
    • blot (Danish)
    • blót (Faroese)
    • blót (Icelandic)
    • blót (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • blót (Old Gutnish)
  • blót (Old Norse)
    • blot (Old Swedish)
      • blot (Swedish)

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