Where does “*blak” come from?

*blak (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic blakaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlegos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleg- — to burn, shine.

*blak (Proto-West Germanic): burnt, blackened

Definitions

  1. burnt, blackened

Ancestry of “*blak”, step by step

*blak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic blakaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicblakazburnt; black, swart
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlegos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleg-to burn, shine

via Proto-Germanic *blaką

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*blakąblackness, the colour black

Words derived from “*blak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlegos →Every word from Proto-Germanic blakaz →