Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blīkan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blīkaną.

Verb

*blīkan^[1]

to shine

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive	*blīkan
1st sg. past	*blaik
3rd pl. past	*blikun
Past ptcple	*blikan
Infinitive	*blīkan
Genitive infin.	*blīkannjas
Dative infin.	*blīkannjē
Instrum. infin.	*blīkannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*blīku	*blaik
2nd singular	*blīkiʀi	*blikī
3rd singular	*blīkidi	*blaik
1st plural	*blīkum	*blikum
2nd plural	*blīkid	*blikud
3rd plural	*blīkand	*blikun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*blīkē	*blikī
2nd singular	*blīkēs	*blikī
3rd singular	*blīkē	*blikī
1st plural	*blīkēm	*blikīm
2nd plural	*blīkēþ	*blikīd
3rd plural	*blīkēn	*blikīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*blīk
Plural	*blīkid
	Present	Past
Participle	*blīkandī	*blikan

Descendants

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)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “PWGmc *blīkan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “PWGmc *blīkan”

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