blikan
Old Saxon
verb
Definitions
- to shine
- to appear
Etymology
Inherited from *blīkan inherited from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (gleam, shine).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*blīkaną
Gloss
gleam, shine
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
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *blikōną Proto-Germanic
- *blīkaną Proto-Germanic
- blican Old English
- blīcan Old English
- bliken Middle English
- blikna Old Norse
- blíkja Old Norse
- blik Danish
- blīhhan Old High German
- *blīkan gmw-pro
- *blīcan Old Dutch
- blick Middle Low German
- blīka Old Frisian