Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary

Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *blaką Scott K. Shay Wardja Press https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_blaką

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φλέγω to set on fire, burn, scorch; to kindle, arouse, inflame fulgeō to blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine

noun neuter a-stem blackness, the color black that which is black A nominalization of *blakaz (‘burnt; black, swart’). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlo-g-ó-m, from root *bʰel- (‘to blaze; glow; bright flame; white’). Cognate with Ancient Greek φλέγω (phlégō, ‘to set on fire, burn, scorch; to kindle, arouse, inflame’), Latin fulgeō (‘to blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine’). Related to *blankaz (‘bright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding’).