Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blěskъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *blaiskas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyǵskos, from *bʰleyǵ-. Formed as the o-grade of *bliziti (“to approach, get closer”) +‎ *-skъ.

A direct cognate is Latvian blaiskums, blaizgums (“spot”).

Noun

*blě̑skъ m

1. glitter, brightness, flash

Inflection

Declension of *blě̑skъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blě̑skъ	*blě̑ska	*blě̑sci
genitive	*blě̑ska	*blěskù	*blě̃skъ
dative	*blě̑sku	*blěskomà	*blěskòmъ
accusative	*blě̑skъ	*blě̑ska	*blě̑sky
instrumental	*blě̑skъmь, *blě̑skomь*	*blěskomà	*blěský
locative	*blě̑scě	*blěskù	*blěscě̃xъ
vocative	*blěšče	*blě̑ska	*blě̑sci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *bliskati, *blistati
• *bliskъ
• *blьskъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: блѣскъ (blěskŭ)
    • Belarusian: бляск (bljask)
    • Russian: блеск (blesk)
    • Ukrainian: блиск (blysk)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бля́сък (bljásǎk)
  • Macedonian: бле́сок (blésok)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бле̑сак, бље̑сак

    Latin: blȇsak, bljȇsak

  • Slovene: blèsk
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: blesk
  • Old Polish: blask
    • Polish: blask
  • Slovak: blesk
  • Slovincian: blȧ̃sk
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: blěsk
• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: bleasc

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “блеск”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress