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

    Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blaiskas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyǵ- + *-skъ. A direct cognate with Latvian blaiskums, blaizgums (“spot”) and related to Lithuanian blizgas (“glimmer”), akin to the 0-grade *blьskъ (< *bliskas). Outside of Balto-Slavic, related to Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale”) whence German Blitz (“lightning”).

    Noun

    *blě̑skъ m[1][2]

    1. glitter, brightness, flash

    Inflection

    Declension of *blě̑skъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *blě̑skъ *blě̑ska *blě̑sci
    genitive *blě̑ska *blěskù *blě̃skъ
    dative *blě̑sku *blěskomà *blěskòmъ
    accusative *blě̑skъ *blě̑ska *blě̑sky
    instrumental *blě̑skъmь, *blě̑skomь* *blěskomà *blěský
    locative *blě̑scě *blěskù *blěscě̃xъ
    vocative *blěšče *blě̑ska *blě̑sci

    * -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

    • *bliskati, *blistati
    • *bliskъ, *blьskъ

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: блѣскъ (blěskŭ)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
    • Non-Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “блеск”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blěskъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 113
    • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блестя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 55

    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’”
    2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “blesk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *blě̑skъ”
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