blijken
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈblɛi̯kə(n)/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to appear, to become apparent
- (copulative) to appear
- (copulative) to turn out
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch bliken inherited from Old Dutch *blīcan inherited from *blīkan inherited from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (gleam, shine) 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
- blick English
- fligo Latin
- blank Dutch, Flemish
- blijkbaar Dutch, Flemish
- blanc French
- *bhleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *blaikaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blīkaną Proto-Germanic
- blican Old English
- blīcan Old English
- blíkja Old Norse
- blanc Old French
- bliken Middle Dutch
- blīhhan Old High German
- bleichen Middle High German
- bleechen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *blīkan gmw-pro
- *blīcan Old Dutch
- blikisni Old Dutch
- blank Middle Low German
- blikan Old Saxon
- блискъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- blīka Old Frisian