Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blankijaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *blinkaną (“to shine”) +‎ *-janą or *blankaz (“shining, white”) +‎ *-janą.^[1]

Verb

*blankijaną^[1]^[2]

to shine, to blink, to flash
to cheat, to deceive

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*blankijō	*blankijaų	—	*blankijai	?
2nd singular	*blankīsi	*blankijais	*blankī	*blankijasai	*blankijaisau
3rd singular	*blankīþi	*blankijai	*blankijaþau	*blankijaþai	*blankijaiþau
1st dual	*blankijōs	*blankijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*blankijaþiz	*blankijaiþiz	*blankijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*blankijamaz	*blankijaim	—	*blankijanþai	*blankijainþau
2nd plural	*blankīþ	*blankijaiþ	*blankīþ	*blankijanþai	*blankijainþau
3rd plural	*blankijanþi	*blankijain	*blankijanþau	*blankijanþai	*blankijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blankidǭ	*blankidēdį̄
2nd singular	*blankidēz	*blankidēdīz
3rd singular	*blankidē	*blankidēdī
1st dual	*blankidēdū	*blankidēdīw
2nd dual	*blankidēdudiz	*blankidēdīdiz
1st plural	*blankidēdum	*blankidēdīm
2nd plural	*blankidēdud	*blankidēdīd
3rd plural	*blankidēdun	*blankidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*blankijandz	*blankidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *blankijan
- 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
Old Norse: blekkja
- Icelandic: blekkja

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blanka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67: “*blankjan-”
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*blankjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blanka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67: “*blankjan-”

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*blankjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

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