Where does “blank” come from?
blank (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German blank, from Old Saxon blank, from Proto-Germanic *blank, from Proto-Germanic blankaz, from Proto-Indo-European bhleg- — to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch.
blank (Plautdietsch): shiny, lustrous, glittering
Definitions
- shiny, lustrous, glittering
Ancestry of “blank”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | blank | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | blank | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *blank | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blankaz | bright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bhleg- | to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch |