blьknǫti

blьknǫti Grammatical information: v. Proto-Slavic meaning: `fade'

Page in Trubačev: II 112-113

Russian:

blëknut' `fade, wither' [verb] \{1\}

Belorussian:

bljáknuć `fade, wither' [verb]

Ukrainian:

bléknuty `fade, wither' [verb]

Polish:

blaknąć `fade' [verb] \{2\}

Kashubian:

vǝblėknǫc `fade' [verb];

zblėknǫc `fade' [verb]

Lithuanian:

nubliẽkti `fade' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰlik-

Page in Pokorny: 157

Comments: Trubačëv actually reconstructs *blěknǫti. I prefer the traditional reconstruction, which is also found in Sɫawski SP I.

Notes:

\{1\} Cf. also blëklyj `faded, pale, wan'. \{2\} Rather than regarding the a as old, I would follow Sɫawski in assuming that the root vowel was influenced by bladny `pale'.