Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blinkaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Pre-Germanic *bʰli-n-ǵ-, a nasal-infix present formed from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (from which *blīkaną).[1]

Verb

*blinkaną

to shine, glitter, twinkle
to blink, wink

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

*blankaz

Descendants

Old English: *blincan
- Middle English: blenken, blynken
  - English: blink
    - Norman: blyîntchi
Old Frisian: blinka
- Saterland Frisian: (blinkje)
- West Frisian: blinke
Old Saxon: blinkan
- Middle Low German: blinken
  - German: blinken
    - Norwegian: blinke
    - Swedish: blinka; (possibly also blänka)
    - Danish: blinke
Old Dutch: *blinkan
- Middle Dutch: blinken
  - Dutch: blinken

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*blanka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 67

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