blánker
Scanian
[bláʊŋkɐ]
adjective
Definitions
- bright, shining, glossy
- blank
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse blankr (white) derived from Middle Low German blank derived from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (bright, white, blinding, shining) 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
- *blancus Latin
- fligo Latin
- blank Dutch, Flemish
- blanc French
- blanco Spanish, Castilian
- *bhleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ-, *bhleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ-- Proto-Indo-European
- blank Norwegian Bokmål
- *blaikaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blīkaną Proto-Germanic
- blank Swedish
- blanc Old English
- blakkr Old Norse
- blankr Old Norse
- blanc Old French
- blanc Old High German
- *blank gmw-pro
- *blank Old Dutch
- blikisni Old Dutch
- blank Middle Low German
- blank Old Saxon
- блискъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *blank Frankish
- blank Old Frisian