Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blinkaną

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 Pre-Germanic *bʰli-n-ǵ-, a nasal-infix present formed from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”) (whence also Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”)).^[1]

Verb

*blinkaną

to shine, glitter, twinkle
to blink, wink

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *blinkan
- Old English: *blincan
  - Middle English: blenken, blynken
    - English: blink
      - → Norman: blyîntchi
    - Scots: blink, blenk
- Old Frisian: *blinka
  - ⇒ Saterland Frisian: blinkje (weak verb) (possibly from Low German)
  - West Frisian: blinke (strong verb) (possibly from Dutch)
- Old Saxon: *blinkan
  - Middle Low German: blinken (weak verb)
    - German Low German: blinken
    - → German: blinken
      - → Norwegian: blinke
      - → Swedish: blinka; (possibly also blänka)
      - → Danish: blinke
    - ⇒ Middle Low German: blinkeren
      - German Low German: blinkern
- Old Dutch: *blinkan
  - Middle Dutch: blinken (weak verb)
    - Dutch: blinken (strong verb)
      - Afrikaans: blink

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blanka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blanka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67

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