Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bliką

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

A nominal formation related to *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbli.kɑ̃/

Noun

*bliką n

Inflection

Declension of *bliką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bliką	*blikō
vocative	*bliką	*blikō
accusative	*bliką	*blikō
genitive	blikas, blikis	*blikǫ̂
dative	*blikai	*blikamaz
instrumental	*blikō	*blikamiz

Related terms

*blīkaną
*blikkatjaną
*blikǭ
*blikōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *blik
- Old Saxon: blek, *blik
  - Middle Low German: bleck, blick
    - Low German: Bleck
    - → Danish: blik
    - → Norwegian: blikk (“tin”)
    - → Swedish: bleck
- Old Dutch: *blek, *blik
  - Middle Dutch: blic, blec
    - Dutch: blik
- Old High German: bleh
  - Middle High German: blëch
    - German: Blech
    - → Old Polish: blacha
      - Polish: blacha
Old Norse: blik
- Icelandic: blik
- Norwegian: blikk (“gloss”)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀlikan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀlikan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49

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