blьskъ

blьskъ Grammatical information: m. o

Page in Trubačev: II 113-114

Church Slavic:

blьskъ `splendour' [m o]

Old Czech:

blesk `lightning, brightness' [m o], blsku [Gens]

Lower Sorbian:

bɫysk `lightning, brightness' [m o]

Bulgarian:

blắsăk `blow, stab' [m o]

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

Lithuanian:

blìzgas `shine, glimmer' [m o] 2

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰliǵ-sko-

Page in Pokorny: 156

Comments: The preglottalized velar may or may not have been lost before Winter's law. In the latter case, the Slavic and Baltic forms with short *i would have to be of analogical origin. For this reason I prefer a Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction without ʔ.