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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *blīkaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_blīkaną</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_blikana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blīkaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>blīkaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈbliː.kɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛒᛚᛁᚲᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 1</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to gleam; shine</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European *bʰléyǵ-e/o- from root *bʰleyǵ- (‘to shine’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>blīkō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>blīkaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>blīkai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>blīkizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>blīkaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>blīk</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>blīkazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>blīkaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>blīkidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>blīkai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>blīkadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>blīkadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>blīkaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>blīkōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>blīkaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>blīkadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>blīkaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>blīkadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>blīkamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>blīkaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>blīkandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>blīkaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>blīkid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>blīkaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>blīkid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>blīkandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>blīkaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>blīkandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>blīkain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>blīkandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>blīkandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>blīkaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>blaik</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>blikį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>blaiht</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>blikīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>blaik</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>blikī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>blikū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>blikīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>blikudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>blikīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>blikum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>blikīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>blikud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>blikīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>blikun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>blikīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>blīkandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>blikanaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>blīkaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*blīkan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*blīcan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>bliken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>blieke</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*blīkan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*blīcan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>bliken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>blijken</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>blyk</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*blīkan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>blīcan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>blīken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>blike</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*blīkan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>blīka</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>blyckjen, blike</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*blīkan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>blīhhan, blīchan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>blīchen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>bleichen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*blīkan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>blīkan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>blīken, blicken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>bleken</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>blika, blíkja</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>blíkja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>blika</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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