Where does “blik” come from?

blik (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic blīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “blik”, step by step

blik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic blīkaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicblīkanąto gleam; shine
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Proto-Germanic blikaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicblikaz—

Words derived from “blik”

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