Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blīkaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbliː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blīkaną^[1]^[2]

to gleam; shine

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*blīkō	*blīkaų	—	*blīkai	?
2nd singular	*blīkizi	*blīkaiz	*blīk	*blīkazai	*blīkaizau
3rd singular	*blīkidi	*blīkai	*blīkadau	*blīkadai	*blīkaidau
1st dual	*blīkōz	*blīkaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*blīkadiz	*blīkaidiz	*blīkadiz	—	—
1st plural	*blīkamaz	*blīkaim	—	*blīkandai	*blīkaindau
2nd plural	*blīkid	*blīkaid	*blīkid	*blīkandai	*blīkaindau
3rd plural	*blīkandi	*blīkain	*blīkandau	*blīkandai	*blīkaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blaik	*blikį̄
2nd singular	*blaiht	*blikīz
3rd singular	*blaik	*blikī
1st dual	*blikū	*blikīw
2nd dual	*blikudiz	*blikīdiz
1st plural	*blikum	*blikīm
2nd plural	*blikud	*blikīd
3rd plural	*blikun	*blikīn

	present	past
participles	*blīkandz	*blikanaz

Derived terms

*blīkatjaną

Related terms

*blaikaz
*blikaz
*blikiz
*blikjaną
*blikkatjaną
*blikōną
*bliką
*blikǭ

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *blīkan
- Old English: blīcan
  - Middle English: blīken
    - English: blike (obsolete)
- Old Frisian: blīka
  - West Frisian: blyckjen, blike
- Old Saxon: blīkan
  - Middle Low German: blīken, blicken
    - Low German: bleken
- Old Dutch: *blīcan
  - Middle Dutch: bliken
    - Dutch: blijken
      - Afrikaans: blyk
    - Limburgish: blieke
- Old High German: blīhhan, blīchan
  - Middle High German: blīchen
    - German: bleichen (merged with *blaikijaną)
Old Norse: blíkja, blika
- Icelandic: blíkja
- Swedish: blika

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blīkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*blīkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blīkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*blīkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49

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