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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blankijaną

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 *blinkaną (to shine) + *-janą or *blankaz (shining, white) + *-janą.

Verb

*blankijaną[1][2]

  1. to shine, to blink, to flash
  2. to cheat, to deceive

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *blankijan
    • Old English: blenċan
      • Middle English: blenchen (Midlands, southern)
      • Middle English: blenken (northern)
    • >? Old Frisian: blenkia (weak 2 verb)
    • Old Saxon: *blenkian
      • Middle Low German: blenken
    • Old Dutch: *blenken
    • Old High German: *blenken
      • Middle High German: blenken
  • Old Norse: blekkja

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:*blankjan-
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*blankjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
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