Where does “blicken” come from?

blicken (German) comes from Middle High German blicken, from Old High German blicchen, from Proto-West Germanic blik, from Proto-Germanic bliką, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- — to shine.

blicken (German): to look

Definitions

  1. to look

Ancestry of “blicken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanblicken—
2Old High Germanblicchen—
3Proto-West Germanicblik—
4Proto-Germanicblikąshine; look; metal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyǵ-to shine

Words derived from “blicken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bliką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic blik →