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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blinkaną

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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

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Etymology

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From Pre-Germanic *bʰli-n-ǵ-, a nasal-infix present formed from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (to shine) (whence also Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (to gleam, shine)).[1]

Verb

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*blinkaną

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

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*blanka-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67