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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][2]

  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)
      • Middle English: blenken (northern)
    • >? Old Frisian: blenkia (weak 2 verb)
    • Old Saxon: *blenkian
      • Middle Low German: blenken
    • Old Dutch: *blenken
    • Old High German: *blenken
      • Middle High German: blenken
  • Old Norse: blekkja

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*blanka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67: “*blankjan-”
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*blankjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
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