Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blankijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *blinkaną (“to shine”) + *-janą or *blankaz (“shining, white”) + *-janą.
Verb
editInflection
editConjugation of *blankijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *blankijan
- Old Norse: blekkja
- Icelandic: blekkja
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blanka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67: “*blankjan-”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*blankjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48