Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blankijaną

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

From *blinkaną (“to shine”) +‎ *-janą or *blankaz (“shining, white”) +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*blankijaną

1. to shine, to blink, to flash
2. to cheat, to deceive

Inflection

Conjugation of *blankijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blankijō	*blankijaų	—	*blankijai	?
2nd singular	*blankīsi	*blankijais	*blankī	*blankijasai	*blankijaisau
3rd singular	*blankīþi	*blankijai	*blankijaþau	*blankijaþai	*blankijaiþau
1st dual	*blankijōs	*blankijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*blankijaþiz	*blankijaiþiz	*blankijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*blankijamaz	*blankijaim	—	*blankijanþai	*blankijainþau
2nd plural	*blankīþ	*blankijaiþ	*blankīþ	*blankijanþai	*blankijainþau
3rd plural	*blankijanþi	*blankijain	*blankijanþau	*blankijanþai	*blankijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blankidǭ	*blankidēdį̄
2nd singular	*blankidēz	*blankidēdīz
3rd singular	*blankidē	*blankidēdī
1st dual	*blankidēdū	*blankidēdīw
2nd dual	*blankidēdudiz	*blankidēdīdiz
1st plural	*blankidēdum	*blankidēdīm
2nd plural	*blankidēdud	*blankidēdīd
3rd plural	*blankidēdun	*blankidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*blankijandz	*blankidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *blankijan
  • Old English: blenċan
    • Middle English: blenchen (Midlands, southern)
      • English: blench
    • Middle English: blenken (northern)
      • Scots: blenk
  • >? Old Frisian: blenkia (weak 2 verb)
    • Saterland Frisian: blinkje
  • Old Saxon: *blenkian
    • Middle Low German: blenken
  • Old Dutch: *blenken
    • Middle Dutch: blenken, blinken
  • Old High German: *blenken
    • Middle High German: blenken
      • German: blenken, blänken
• Old Norse: blekkja
  • Icelandic: blekkja