blak
Middle English
/blak/
adj
Definitions
- black (of a black color)
- black (having black skin)
- black-haired
- dark, blackish
Etymology
Inherited from Old English blæc (black, also ink, dark) inherited from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (burnt, black).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*blakaz
Gloss
burnt, black
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
黒
Emoji
🐃 🐈⬛ 🕋 🖤 🦓
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Black English
- Blackacre English
- Blackamoor English
- Blackbeard English
- Blackface English
- Blackian English
- Blackophobe English
- Blackophobia English
- Blacktown English
- Blackwood English
- Blacky English
- Blakeley English
- Blakely English
- Sabbathesque English
- antiblack English
- black English
- black Irish English
- black light English
- black sanctus English
- black swan English
- black truffle English
- black-haired English
- black-hearted English
- blackamoor English
- blackback English
- blackball English
- blackband English
- blackberry English
- blackbird English
- blackboard English
- blackboy English
- blackbuck English
- blackbutt English
- blackcap English
- blackchin English
- blackcoat English
- blackcock English
- blackdamp English
- blackdar English
- blacken English
- blacker English
- blacketh English
- blackeye English
- blackface English
- blackfaced English
- blackfella English
- blackfeller English
- blackfellow English
- blackfin English
- blackfish English
- blackfly English
- blackfulla English
- blackgame English
- blackgrass English
- blackguard English
- blackheart English
- blackify English
- blackish English
- blackism English
- blackity-black English
- blackjack English
- blacklead English
- blackleg English
- blackless English
- blacklight English
- blackline English
- blacklip English
- blacklist English
- blackly English
- blackmouth English
- blackness English
- blackophilia English
- blackophobic English
- blackpoll English
- blackride English
- blackrider English
- blackroot English
- blacksalter English
- blackshirt English
- blackskin English
- blacksmelt English
- blacksmith English
- blacksnake English
- blackspeak English
- blacksplain English
- blackspot English
- blackstart English
- blackster English
- blackstrap English
- blacktail English
- blackthorn English
- blacktip English
- blacktop English
- blackware English
- blackwash English
- blackwater English
- blackwood English
- blackwork English
- blackworm English
- blacky English
- blake English
- bleak English
- bootblack English
- forblack English
- interblack English
- jet-black English
- lampblack English
- monoblack English
- nonblack English
- postblack English
- pro-black English
- quasiblack English
- shoeblack English
- toothblack English
- transblack English
- unblack English
- black French
- *bhleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *blakaz Proto-Germanic
- ブラック Japanese
- blacern Old English
- blacian Old English
- blæc Old English
- blāc Old English
- blǣc Old English
- bleke Middle English
- bleikr Old Norse
- blæk Danish
- blanc Old French
- μπλάκης Greek (modern)
- bleck Scots
- bläg Volapük
- blak Tok Pisin
- blak Bislama