Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blinkaną

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

(deprecated template usage)

From Pre-Germanic *bʰli-n-ǵ-, a nasal-infix present formed from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (from which *blīkaną).

Verb

*blinkaną

1. to shine, glitter, twinkle
2. to blink, wink

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• *blankaz

Descendants

• Old English: *blincan
  • Middle English: blenken, blynken
    • English: blink
      • → Norman: blyîntchi
• Old Frisian: blinka
  • (Saterland Frisian: blinkje)
  • West Frisian: blinke
• Old Saxon: blinkan
  • Middle Low German: blinken
    • → German: blinken
      • → Norwegian: blinke
      • → Swedish: blinka; (possibly also blänka)
      • → Danish: blinke
• Old Dutch: *blinkan
  • Middle Dutch: blinken
    • Dutch: blinken