Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *blinkanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_blinkaną
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verbStrong class 3to shine, glitter, twinkleto blink, winkOnly marginally attested (Middle Low German, Middle Dutch blinken, preterite blinkte/blonk, early 1600s CE) as both a strong and weak verb; though it stands to reason that the weak verb more likely developed from the strong, rather than vice versa.A speculative Proto-Indo-European origin would be from *bʰli-né-ǵ-ti ~ *bʰli-n-ǵ-énti, from *bʰli-n-ǵ-, a nasal-infix present formed from root *bʰleyǵ- (‘to shine’) (whence also Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (‘to gleam, shine’)).