Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blaikēn

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 *blaik (“pale, white”) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb

*blaikēn

to become pale
to be pale

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*blaikēn
1st sg. past	*blaik?dā
Infinitive	*blaikēn
Genitive infin.	*blaikēnijas
Dative infin.	*blaikēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*blaikēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*blaikē	*blaik?dā
2nd singular	*blaikēs	blaik?dēs, blaik?dēs
3rd singular	*blaikēþ	blaik?dē, blaik?dā
1st plural	*blaikēm	*blaik?dum
2nd plural	*blaikēþ	*blaik?dud
3rd plural	*blaikēnþ	*blaik?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*blaikē	*blaik?dī
2nd singular	*blaikēs	*blaik?dī
3rd singular	*blaikē	*blaik?dī
1st plural	*blaikēm	*blaik?dīm
2nd plural	*blaikēþ	*blaik?dīd
3rd plural	*blaikēn	*blaik?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*blaikē
Plural	*blaikēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*blaikēndī	*blaik?d

Related terms

*blaikijan

Descendants

Old English: blācian
- Middle English: blāken, blōken
  - English: blake, bloke (obsolete)
Old Frisian: blâkia
Old Saxon: *blēkōn
- Middle Low German: blēken, bleiken (merged with *blaikijan)
  - Low German: bleken
Old Dutch: *blēcon
- Middle Dutch: blêcen (merged with *blaikijan)
  - Dutch: bleken
Old High German: bleihhēn
- Middle High German: bleichen (merged with *blaikijan and *blīkan)
  - German: bleichen

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