Where does “bleck” come from?
bleck (Swedish) comes from Low German blick, from Middle Low German bleck, from Old Saxon blek, from Proto-West Germanic blik, from Proto-Germanic bliką, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- — to shine.
bleck (Swedish): tin plate; sheet metal
Ancestry of “bleck”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Low German | blick | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | bleck | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | blek | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | blik | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bliką | shine; look; metal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleyǵ- | to shine |
Words derived from “bleck”