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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blīkan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *blīkaną.
Verb
*blīkan[1]
- to shine
Inflection
| Class 1 strong | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *blīkan | |
| 1st sg. past | *blaik | |
| 3rd pl. past | *blikun | |
| Past ptcple | *blikan | |
| Infinitive | *blīkan | |
| Genitive infin. | *blīkannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *blīkannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *blīkannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *blīku | *blaik |
| 2nd singular | *blīkiʀi | *blikī |
| 3rd singular | *blīkidi | *blaik |
| 1st plural | *blīkum | *blikum |
| 2nd plural | *blīkid | *blikud |
| 3rd plural | *blīkand | *blikun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *blīkē | *blikī |
| 2nd singular | *blīkēs | *blikī |
| 3rd singular | *blīkē | *blikī |
| 1st plural | *blīkēm | *blikīm |
| 2nd plural | *blīkēþ | *blikīd |
| 3rd plural | *blīkēn | *blikīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *blīk | |
| Plural | *blīkid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *blīkandī | *blikan |
Descendants
- Old English: blīcan
- Middle English: blīken
- English: blike (obsolete)
- Middle English: blīken
- Old Frisian: blīka
- West Frisian: blyckjen, blike
- Old Saxon: blīkan
- Middle Low German: blīken, blicken
- Low German: bleken
- Middle Low German: blīken, blicken
- Old Dutch: *blīcan
- Middle Dutch: bliken
- Dutch: blijken
- Limburgish: blieke
- Middle Dutch: bliken
- Old High German: blīhhan, blīchan
- Middle High German: blīchen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “PWGmc *blīkan”