bhlǝido-s

    bhlǝido-s

    English meaning: pale

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “licht, blaß”

    Note: to bhlēi- ‘shine”, from extension root form *bhlēi-d-

    Material: O.C.S. bleď ъ “pallid, pale, wan” = O.E. blüt “pallid, livid”; O.H.G. bleizza “paleness”. Perhaps Lith. blaĩvas ‘sober” (if from *blaid-vas; or from the an extension root bhlei-, s. d.), blaivaũs, -ūtis “ become sober; clear up, from the sky “. Alb. bl̃erónj “ blossom, be green” from adj. *bl̃erë from *bled-rë (e = IE ai or oi), bl̃éhurë “pale, wan, pallid”. In addition probably the Illyr. PN Blaedarus.

    Note: Alb. is one of Illyr. dialects. Alb. also shows that Root bhlǝido-s : “pale”, derived from Root bhlē-u̯o-s : “a kind of colour (blue, gold)”.

    References: WP. II 217, Trautmann 34, Specht Decl. 197.