Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blankijan

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 *blankijaną.

Verb

*blankijan

to shine, blink, flash
to cheat, deceive

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*blankijan
1st sg. past	*blankidā
Infinitive	*blankijan
Genitive infin.	*blankijannjas
Dative infin.	*blankijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*blankijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*blankiju	*blankidā
2nd singular	*blankisi	blankidēs, blankidōs
3rd singular	*blankiþi	blankidē, blankidā
1st plural	*blankijum	*blankidum
2nd plural	*blankiþ	*blankidud
3rd plural	*blankijanþ	*blankidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*blankijē	*blankidī
2nd singular	*blankijēs	*blankidī
3rd singular	*blankijē	*blankidī
1st plural	*blankijēm	*blankidīm
2nd plural	*blankijēþ	*blankidīd
3rd plural	*blankijēn	*blankidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*blanki
Plural	*blankiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*blankijandī	*blankid

Descendants

Old English: blenċan
- Middle English: blenchen (Midlands, southern)
  - English: blench
- Middle English: blenken (northern)
  - Scots: blenk
>? Old Frisian: blenkia (weak 2 verb)
- Saterland Frisian: blinkje
Old Saxon: *blenkian
- Middle Low German: blenken
Old Dutch: *blenken
- Middle Dutch: blenken, blinken
Old High German: *blenken
- Middle High German: blenken
  - German: blenken, blänken

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