Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blaikijaną

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 *blīkaną (“to shine”) +‎ *-janą or *blaikaz (“pale”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɑi̯.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*blaikijaną

1. to bleach, to make pale, to whiten

Inflection

Conjugation of *blaikijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blaikijō	*blaikijaų	—	*blaikijai	?
2nd singular	*blaikīsi	*blaikijais	*blaikī	*blaikijasai	*blaikijaisau
3rd singular	*blaikīþi	*blaikijai	*blaikijaþau	*blaikijaþai	*blaikijaiþau
1st dual	*blaikijōs	*blaikijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*blaikijaþiz	*blaikijaiþiz	*blaikijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*blaikijamaz	*blaikijaim	—	*blaikijanþai	*blaikijainþau
2nd plural	*blaikīþ	*blaikijaiþ	*blaikīþ	*blaikijanþai	*blaikijainþau
3rd plural	*blaikijanþi	*blaikijain	*blaikijanþau	*blaikijanþai	*blaikijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*blaikidǭ	*blaikidēdį̄
2nd singular	*blaikidēz	*blaikidēdīz
3rd singular	*blaikidē	*blaikidēdī
1st dual	*blaikidēdū	*blaikidēdīw
2nd dual	*blaikidēdudiz	*blaikidēdīdiz
1st plural	*blaikidēdum	*blaikidēdīm
2nd plural	*blaikidēdud	*blaikidēdīd
3rd plural	*blaikidēdun	*blaikidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*blaikijandz	*blaikidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *blaikijan
  • Old English: blǣċan
    • Middle English: blechen, bleken
      • English: bleach
      • Scots: bleche, bleitch
      • Yola: ee-blighte (ppl.)
  • Old Saxon: blēkian
    • Middle Low German: blēken, bleiken
      • Low German: bleken
  • Old Dutch: *blēken
    • Middle Dutch: bleken
      • Dutch: bleken, bleiken
        • Afrikaans: bleek, bleik
  • Old High German: bleihhen
    • Middle High German: bleichen
      • German: bleichen (merged with *blīkaną)
      • Luxembourgish: bleechen
• Old Norse: bleikja
  • Icelandic: bleikja
  • Faroese: bleikja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bleikja
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: bleike
  • Old Swedish: blēkia
    • Swedish: bleka
  • Danish: blege
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bleke
• →? Proto-Finnic: *lëik'at'ak (see there for further descendants)