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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blankaz

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 late formation from *blinkaną (to shine, blink), with the *-i- interpreted as an e-grade vowel. Thus, its formation must have followed the raising of *e to *i before a nasal + consonant, which made this analysis possible.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɑŋ.kɑz/

Adjective

*blankaz

  1. bright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding
    Synonyms: *blaikaz, *hwītaz

Inflection


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *blank
    • Old English: blanc
    • Old Frisian: blank
    • Old Saxon: *blank
    • Old Dutch: *blanc
    • Old High German: blanch, blank
      • Middle High German: blank
        • German: blank
        • Luxembourgish: blank
        • Vilamovian: błān
    • Medieval Latin: blancus (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: blakkr
    • Icelandic: blakkur
    • Faroese: blakkur
    • Norwegian: blakk
    • Old Swedish: blakker
    • Old Danish: blak
    • Elfdalian: blokk

References

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

See also

Colors in Proto-Germanic · *farwôz (layout · text)
     *blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz, *blasaz      *falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz      *blakaz, *swartaz
             *raudaz              *brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz              *gelwaz, *gulaz
             *grōniz              *grōniz             
                          *blēwaz              *blēwaz, *hēwijaz
             *blēwaz, *hēwijaz              *baswaz             
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