blank
Dutch (Brabantic)
/blɑŋk/
adj
Definitions
- white, pale
- white having a light skin tone
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch blanc inherited from Old Dutch *blank inherited from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (bright, white, blinding, shining) root from Proto-Indo-European *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
- *blancus Latin
- *bláncọ Latin
- fligo Latin
- biancastro Italian
- biancazzurro Italian
- biancheggiare Italian
- biancheria Italian
- bianchezza Italian
- bianchiccio Italian
- bianchire Italian
- bianchissimo Italian
- biancicare Italian
- bianco Italian
- biancoso Italian
- codibianco Italian
- culbianco Italian
- sbiancare Italian
- -en Dutch, Flemish
- blanken Dutch, Flemish
- blankvoorn Dutch, Flemish
- lelie Dutch, Flemish
- lelieblank Dutch, Flemish
- voorn 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
- *blankaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blīkaną Proto-Germanic
- blanc Old English
- blakkr Old Norse
- blanc Old French
- blanc Middle Dutch
- blanc Old High German
- blank Afrikaans
- *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
- biancu Sardinian