Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blaikijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *blīkaną (“to shine”) + *-janą or *blaikaz (“pale”) + *-janą, both from the same root.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɑi̯.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*blaikijaną[1]
Inflection
active voice | passive voice | |||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
1st singular | *blaikijō | *blaikijaų | — | *blaikijai | ? | |
2nd singular | *blaikīsi | *blaikijais | *blaikī | *blaikijasai | *blaikijaisau | |
3rd singular | *blaikīþi | *blaikijai | *blaikijaþau | *blaikijaþai | *blaikijaiþau | |
1st dual | *blaikijōs | *blaikijaiw | — | — | — | |
2nd dual | *blaikijaþiz | *blaikijaiþiz | *blaikijaþiz | — | — | |
1st plural | *blaikijamaz | *blaikijaim | — | *blaikijanþai | *blaikijainþau | |
2nd plural | *blaikīþ | *blaikijaiþ | *blaikīþ | *blaikijanþai | *blaikijainþau | |
3rd plural | *blaikijanþi | *blaikijain | *blaikijanþau | *blaikijanþai | *blaikijainþau | |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
1st singular | *blaikidǭ | *blaikidēdį̄ | ||||
2nd singular | *blaikidēz | *blaikidēdīz | ||||
3rd singular | *blaikidē | *blaikidēdī | ||||
1st dual | *blaikidēdū | *blaikidēdīw | ||||
2nd dual | *blaikidēdudiz | *blaikidēdīdiz | ||||
1st plural | *blaikidēdum | *blaikidēdīm | ||||
2nd plural | *blaikidēdud | *blaikidēdīd | ||||
3rd plural | *blaikidēdun | *blaikidēdīn | ||||
present | past | |||||
participles | *blaikijandz | *blaikidaz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *blaikijan
- Old English: blǣċan
- Middle English: blechen, bleken
- English: bleach
- Scots: bleche, bleitch
- Yola: ee-blighte (ppl.)
- Middle English: blechen, bleken
- Old Saxon: blēkian
- Old Dutch: *blēken
- Old High German: bleihhen
- Old English: blǣċan
- Old Norse: bleikja
- →? Proto-Finnic: *lëik'at'ak (see there for further descendants)