blæc

• IPA^(key): /blæk/

From Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt, black”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to shine, burn, scorch”). Cognate with Old Saxon blac (“ink”), Old High German blah-; related to Old Norse blakkr (“dusky, black”).

• blac

blæc

1. black

• sweart

• Middle English: blak, blake, blakke, black, blac
  • English: black (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: black
  • Yola: bhlock, blaak
  • → Danish: blæk
    • → Faroese: blekk
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: blekk
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: blekk
    • → Greenlandic: pilikki

• blāc

From Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blaką (noun), from *blakaz (“black”, adjective).

blæc n

1. black
2. ink

Strong a-stem:

• blæchorn (“inkwell”)

• blæċċe

• Middle English: blak, blakke
  • English: black
  • Scots: blak, blac

From Proto-West Germanic *blaik.

blǣc

1. alternative form of blac (“pale”)