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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blaiskas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyǵ- + *-skъ. A direct cognate with Latvian blaiskums, blaizgums (“spot”) and related to Lithuanian blizgas (“glimmer”), akin to the 0-grade *blьskъ (< *bliskas). Outside of Balto-Slavic, related to Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale”) whence German Blitz (“lightning”).

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:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: бльскъ (blĭskŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰱⰾⱐⱄⰽⱏ (blĭskŭ)

  • Bulgarian: бля́сък (bljásǎk)
  • Macedonian: бле́сок (blésok)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бле̑сак, бље̑сак

    Latin script: blȇsak, bljȇsak

  • Slovene: blèsk
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: blesk
  • Old Polish: blask
    • Polish: blask
  • Slovak: blesk
  • Slovincian: blask
  • 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
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blěskъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 113
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блестя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 55