Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blimati

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From *blim- +‎ *-ati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bleim-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰley-m-, the m-present extension of *bʰleyǵ- (to shine).

Verb

*blimati[1]

  1. to blink

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *блимати (*blimati)
      • Old Ruthenian: *блимати (*blimati)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: бли́мати (blýmaty)
          • Carpathian Rusyn: бли́мкати (blýmkaty)
        • Ukrainian: бли́мати (blýmaty)
          • Ukrainian: бли́мкати (blýmkaty)
  • West Slavic:
    • ? Old Slovak: blinkať
      • Slovak: blinkať

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blimati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 115