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Where does “blickend” come from?

blickend (German) comes from German blicken, 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.

blickend (German): present participle of blicken

Definitions

  1. present participle of blicken

Ancestry of “blickend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanblickento look
2Middle High Germanblicken—
3Old High Germanblicchen—
4Proto-West Germanicblik—
5Proto-Germanicblikąshine; look; metal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyǵ-to shine

Words derived from “blickend”

  • rückblickend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- →