Where does “blik” come from?
blik (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German blick, from Old Saxon blikan, from Proto-West Germanic blīkan, from Proto-Germanic blīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
Ancestry of “blik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | blick | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | blikan | to shine; to appear |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | blīkan | to shine |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blīkaną | to gleam; shine |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |