Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “blicka” come from?

blicka (Swedish) comes from Swedish still, from Swedish stilla, from Old Swedish stilla, from Old Norse stilla, from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon stillian, from Proto-West Germanic stillijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan — he, she.

blicka (Swedish): to look

Definitions

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Ancestry of “blicka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstill—
2Swedishstillastill, calm; to still; to make quiet
3Old Swedishstillato calm; to stop a flow; to suppress
4Old Norsestillato calm
5Middle Low Germanstillen—
6Old Saxonstillian—
7Proto-West Germanicstillijanto make still, quiet
8Proto-West Germanic-janCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
9Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “blicka”

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