blanc
Old English
adj
Definitions
- white
- greyish-white, pale, pallid
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (bright, white, blinding, shining) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (shine, burn, scorch, white), *bʰleyǵ- (shine, strike).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleyǵ-
Gloss
shine, strike
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blankshire English
- Blanksville English
- Blanktown English
- Blankville English
- blank English
- blankable English
- blanken English
- blanker English
- blankish English
- blankless English
- blankly English
- blankness English
- nonblank English
- photoblank English
- reblank English
- unblank English
- lankki Finnish
- *blancus Latin
- fligo Latin
- Plenk German
- blank German
- blankpoliert German
- blankziehen German
- spiegelblank German
- blank Dutch, Flemish
- blanken Dutch, Flemish
- blankvoorn Dutch, Flemish
- lelieblank Dutch, Flemish
- blanc French
- ajoblanco Spanish, Castilian
- aliblanco Spanish, Castilian
- blanco Spanish, Castilian
- blancor Spanish, Castilian
- blancura Spanish, Castilian
- blancuzco Spanish, Castilian
- blanquear Spanish, Castilian
- blanquecino Spanish, Castilian
- blanquillo Spanish, Castilian
- blanquito Spanish, Castilian
- coliblanco Spanish, Castilian
- coroniblanco Spanish, Castilian
- culiblanco Spanish, Castilian
- *bhleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ-, *bhleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ-- Proto-Indo-European
- branco Portuguese
- *blaikaz Proto-Germanic
- *blakaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blīkaną Proto-Germanic
- blank Swedish
- blankhet Swedish
- blankspola Swedish
- blanksteg Swedish
- ブランク Japanese
- blank Middle English
- blakkr Old Norse
- blankr Old Norse
- blanc Old French
- blanc Middle Dutch
- blanc Old High German
- blank Afrikaans
- blanc Middle High German
- *blank gmw-pro
- *blank Old Dutch
- blikisni Old Dutch
- blank Middle Low German
- blank Old Saxon
- блискъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *blank Frankish
- blank Old Frisian
- blanku Papiamentu
- blánker Scanian