Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰleyǵ-
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
Likely an extension of *bʰel- (“shiny”).[1]
Root
*bʰleyǵ-[2]
- to shine
Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰleyǵ- (29 c, 0 e)
- *bʰléyǵ-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Proto-Germanic: *blīkaną (see there for further descendants)
- *bʰli-né-ǵ-ti ~ *bʰli-n-ǵ-énti (nasal-infix present)
- *bʰliǵ-sḱé-ti (*sḱe-present)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blišketei
- Lithuanian: blyškė́ti, blizgė́ti
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blišketei
- *bʰloyǵ-ó-s
- Proto-Germanic: *blaikaz (see there for further descendants)
- *bʰlóyǵ-s-ko-s
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blaiskas
- Latvian: blaiskums, blaizgums
- Proto-Slavic: *blě̑skъ (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blaiskas
- *bʰley-m-
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bleim-
- Proto-Slavic: *blimati (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bleim-
- Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Germanic: *bliką (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
- Proto-Indo-Aryan:
- Sanskrit: भ्रेजते (bhrejate)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan:
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰl-ȷ́
- Proto-Iranian: *bel-j-
- Northern Luri: بڵێز (bełız, “Blaze, Alight”)
- Proto-Iranian: *bel-j-
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 155 f.
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN