Where does “blik” come from?

blik (Danish) comes from Old Norse blik, from Middle Low German blick, from Old Saxon blikan, from Proto-West Germanic blīkan, from Proto-Germanic blīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

blik (Danish): look; glance; calm sea, dead calm

Definitions

  1. look; glance; calm sea, dead calm

Ancestry of “blik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseblik—
2Middle Low Germanblick—
3Old Saxonblikanto shine; to appear
4Proto-West Germanicblīkanto shine
5Proto-Germanicblīkanąto gleam; shine
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “blik”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blīkaną →