biancu
Corsican
/biˈanku/
adjective
Definitions
- white
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *blancus derived from Frankish *blank (gleaming, blinding, white, bright) derived from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (bright, white, blinding, shining) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-- (shine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleyǵ--
Gloss
shine
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
- *blancus Latin
- *bláncọ Latin
- biancastro Italian
- biancazzurro Italian
- biancheggiare Italian
- biancheria Italian
- bianchezza Italian
- bianchiccio Italian
- bianchire Italian
- bianchissimo Italian
- biancicare Italian
- bianco Italian
- biancoso Italian
- blanco Italian
- codibianco Italian
- culbianco Italian
- sbiancare Italian
- blanc French
- blanco Spanish, Castilian
- *bhleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ-, *bhleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ-- Proto-Indo-European
- antibranco Portuguese
- branco Portuguese
- branquear Portuguese
- branquelo Portuguese
- *blankaz Proto-Germanic
- blanc Old English
- blanket Middle English
- blakkr Old Norse
- blanc Old French
- blanchir Old French
- branco Galician
- blanc Old High German
- *blank gmw-pro
- *blank Old Dutch
- branco Old Portuguese
- blank Middle Low German
- blank Old Saxon
- blancu Asturian
- blanc Friulian
- *blank Frankish
- blanc Old Occitan
- blank Old Frisian
- biancu Sicilian
- jancu Sicilian
- blanc Dalmatian
- branku Kabuverdianu
- blanch Ladin
- biancu Sardinian
- bianco Istriot
- branku Guinea-Bissau Creole
- blanqueto prv
- biânc Romagnol