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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blaikijan

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 *blaikijaną. Equivalent to *blaik +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*blaikijan[1]

  1. to bleach, make pale, whiten

Inflection
Class 1 weak
Infinitive *blaikijan
1st sg. past *blaikidā
Infinitive *blaikijan
Genitive infin. *blaikijannjas
Dative infin. *blaikijannjē
Instrum. infin. *blaikijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *blaikiju *blaikidā
2nd singular *blaikisi *blaikidēs, *blaikidōs
3rd singular *blaikiþi *blaikidē, *blaikidā
1st plural *blaikijum *blaikidum
2nd plural *blaikiþ *blaikidud
3rd plural *blaikijanþ *blaikidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *blaikijē *blaikidī
2nd singular *blaikijēs *blaikidī
3rd singular *blaikijē *blaikidī
1st plural *blaikijēm *blaikidīm
2nd plural *blaikijēþ *blaikidīd
3rd plural *blaikijēn *blaikidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *blaiki
Plural *blaikiþ
Present Past
Participle *blaikijandī *blaikid

Descendants
  • Old English: blǣċan
    • Middle English: blechen, bleken
      • English: bleach
      • Scots: bleche, bleitch
      • Yola: ee-blighte (ppl.)
  • Old Saxon: blēkian
  • Old Dutch: *blēken
  • Old High German: bleihhen

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*blaikjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 47
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