Etymology Explorer
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Where does “blexeme” come from?
blexeme (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch blikisni, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- — to shine.
Ancestry of “blexeme”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
blikisni
lightning bolts
2
Proto-Indo-European
bʰleyǵ-
to shine
Words derived from “blexeme”
bliksem
bliksem
bliksemschicht
bliksemafleider
blitzen
bliksemstraal
bliksems
bliksemstraal
abblitzen
aufblitzen
bliccel
blitzblank
blitzsauber
bliksem
bliccelő
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- →
Every word from Old Dutch blikisni →