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Where does “blíkja” come from?

blíkja (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic blīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “blíkja”, step by step

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

Words derived from “blíkja”

  • ögonblicklig
  • ögonblickligen
  • överblick
  • ögonblick
  • blick
  • gráblika
  • blika
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