Where does “falkeblikk” come from?

falkeblikk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk blikk, from Low German blick, from Middle Low German bleck, from Old Saxon blek, from Proto-West Germanic blik, from Proto-Germanic bliką, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- — to shine.

falkeblikk (Norwegian Nynorsk): acute and attentive gaze

Definitions

  1. acute and attentive gaze

Ancestry of “falkeblikk”, step by step

falkeblikk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk blikk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskblikka glance, look
2Low Germanblick
3Middle Low Germanbleck
4Old Saxonblek
5Proto-West Germanicblik
6Proto-Germanicblikąshine; look; metal
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyǵ-to shine

via Norwegian Nynorsk falk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskfalka falcon, all birds in the genus "Falco", most...
2Old Norsefalkrfalcon; hawk
3Proto-Germanicfalkôfalcon
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpōl-
5Slovincianpólhalf
6Proto-Slavicpolъside, flank; half; member of a pair of options →...
7Proto-Indo-European(s)pelH-to split off, separate; to chop, to separate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ-Every word from Proto-Germanic blikąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic blik