Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰleyǵ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Likely an extension of *bʰel- (“shiny”).

Root

*bʰleyǵ-

1. to shine

   Synonym: *lewk-

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰleyǵ- (45 c, 0 e)

• *bʰléyǵ-e-ti (thematic root present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *blīkaną (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰli-né-ǵ-ti ~ *bʰli-n-ǵ-énti (nasal-infix present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *blinkaną (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *blankaz (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰliǵ-sḱé-ti (*sḱe-present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blišketei
    • Lithuanian: blyškė́ti, blizgė́ti
    • Proto-Slavic: *blьščati (“to shine”)
• *bʰloyǵ-ó-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *blaikaz (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰlóyǵ-s-ko-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blaiskas
    • Latvian: blaiskums, blaizgums
    • Proto-Slavic: *blě̑skъ (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰley-m-
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bleim-
    • Proto-Slavic: *blimati (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

• Proto-Germanic: *bliką (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    • Sanskrit: भ्रेजते (bhrejate)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰl-ȷ́
  • Proto-Iranian: *bel-j-
    • Northern Luri: بڵێز (bełız, “Blaze, Alight”)