Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blьščati

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *blьskěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bliskēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰliǵ-sk-eh₁-ti, from *bʰel- (to shine). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian blizgėti.

Verb edit

*blьščati impf[1]

  1. to shine

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blьščati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 48:v. ‘shine’