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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blěskъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blaiskas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyǵskos, from *bʰleyǵ-. Formed as the o-grade of *bliziti (“to approach, get closer”) +‎ *-skъ.

A direct cognate is Latvian blaiskums, blaizgums (“spot”). Also cognate with Lithuanian blizgas from where the alternative form *blьskъ (< *bliskas).

Noun

*blě̑skъ m[1]

  1. glitter, brightness, flash

Inflection
Declension of *blě̑skъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *blě̑skъ *blě̑ska *blě̑sci
Accusative *blě̑skъ *blě̑ska *blě̑sky
Genitive *blě̑ska *blěskù *blě̃skъ
Locative *blě̑scě *blěskù *blěscě̃xъ
Dative *blě̑sku *blěskomà *blěskòmъ
Instrumental *blě̑skъmь, *blě̑skomь* *blěskomà *blěský
Vocative *blěšče *blě̑ska *blě̑sci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
  • *bliskati, *blistati
  • *bliskъ
  • *blьskъ

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: блѣскъ (blěskŭ)
      • Belarusian: бляск (bljask)
      • Russian: блеск (blesk)
      • Ukrainian: блиск (blysk)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: blesk
    • Old Polish: blask
    • Slovak: blesk
    • Slovincian: blȧ̃sk
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: blěsk
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*blě̑skъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43: “m. o (c) ‘brightness’”
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