bliksem
Afrikaans
/ˈblək.səm/
interjection
Definitions
- damnit!
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish bliksem (lightning) inherited from Middle Dutch blexeme inherited from Old Dutch blikisni (lightning bolts) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (shine, strike).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleyǵ-
Gloss
shine, strike
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blitzen English
- fligo Latin
- blank Dutch, Flemish
- bliksem Dutch, Flemish
- bliksemafleider Dutch, Flemish
- bliksemen Dutch, Flemish
- bliksemflits Dutch, Flemish
- blikseminslag Dutch, Flemish
- bliksemoorlog Dutch, Flemish
- bliksemschicht Dutch, Flemish
- bliksemsnel Dutch, Flemish
- bliksemstraal Dutch, Flemish
- bolbliksem Dutch, Flemish
- blanc French
- *bhleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *blaikaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blīkaną Proto-Germanic
- blanc Old French
- blexeme Middle Dutch
- bliksemstraal Afrikaans
- straal Afrikaans
- blikisni Old Dutch
- blank Middle Low German
- блискъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian