Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blīkaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbliː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blīkaną

1. to gleam; shine

Inflection

Conjugation of *blīkaną (strong class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blīkō	*blīkaų	—	*blīkai	?
2nd singular	*blīkizi	*blīkaiz	*blīk	*blīkazai	*blīkaizau
3rd singular	*blīkidi	*blīkai	*blīkadau	*blīkadai	*blīkaidau
1st dual	*blīkōz	*blīkaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*blīkadiz	*blīkaidiz	*blīkadiz	—	—
1st plural	*blīkamaz	*blīkaim	—	*blīkandai	*blīkaindau
2nd plural	*blīkid	*blīkaid	*blīkid	*blīkandai	*blīkaindau
3rd plural	*blīkandi	*blīkain	*blīkandau	*blīkandai	*blīkaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blaik	*blikį̄
2nd singular	*blaiht	*blikīz
3rd singular	*blaik	*blikī
1st dual	*blikū	*blikīw
2nd dual	*blikudiz	*blikīdiz
1st plural	*blikum	*blikīm
2nd plural	*blikud	*blikīd
3rd plural	*blikun	*blikīn
	present	past
participles	*blīkandz	*blikanaz

Derived terms

• *blīkatjaną

Related terms

• *blaikaz
• *blikaz
• *bliką
• *blikiz
• *blikjaną
• *blikkatjaną
• *blikǭ
• *blikōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *blīkan
  • Old English: blīcan
    • Middle English: blīken
      • English: blike (obsolete)
  • Old Frisian: blīka
    • West Frisian: blyckjen, blike
  • Old Saxon: blīkan
    • Middle Low German: blīken, blicken
      • Low German: bleken
  • Old Dutch: *blīcan
    • Middle Dutch: bliken
      • Dutch: blijken
        • Afrikaans: blyk
      • Limburgish: blieke
  • Old High German: blīhhan, blīchan
    • Middle High German: blīchen
      • German: bleichen (merged with *blaikijaną)
• Old Norse: blíkja, blika
  • Icelandic: blíkja
  • Swedish: blika