blě̑skъ

blě̑skъ Grammatical information: adj. o Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `brightness'

Page in Trubačev: II 113-114

Church Slavic:

blěskъ (RuCS) `brightness, colour, lightning' [m o]

Russian:

blesk `brightness, splendour' [m o]

Old Russian:

blěskъ `brightness, colour, lightning' [m o]

Czech:

blesk `lightning, brightness' [m o]

Slovak:

blesk `lightning, brightness' [m o]

Polish:

blask `brightness, shine' [m o]

Slovincian:

blȧ̃sk `lightning, brightness' [m o];

blìe̯sk `lightning, brightness' [m o]

Upper Sorbian:

blěsk `lightning, brightness' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

blȉjesak `glow, glimmer' [m o]

Slovene:

blẹ̑sk `brightness, splendour, lightning' [m o]

Bulgarian:

bljásăk `brightness' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: bloisko- \{1\}

Latvian:

blaiskums `spot' [m o];

blaizgums `spot' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰloiǵ-sko-

Page in Pokorny: 156

Comments: The preglottalized velar may or may not have been lost before Winter's law. I prefer a Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction without ʔ for reasons mentioned s.v. *blьskъ.