Where does “blits” come from?
blits (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German Blitz, from Middle High German blitze, from Old High German blëcchazzen, from Proto-Germanic blaikaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰloyǵ-os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- — to shine.
blits (Norwegian Nynorsk): a flash
Ancestry of “blits”, step by step