Where does “bleczen” come from?

bleczen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German blechazan, from Proto-West Germanic blikkattjan, from Proto-West Germanic blīkan, from Proto-Germanic blīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “bleczen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanblechazan—
2Proto-West Germanicblikkattjanto flash, to glitter
3Proto-West Germanicblīkanto shine
4Proto-Germanicblīkanąto gleam; shine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “bleczen”

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