Nêr

Blitz

Mane

Têgeh

Hevwate

Werger

Notes

Bilêvkirina xwe pratîk bike

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(Îngilîzî)

(masculine, strong) a bolt of lightning
(masculine, strong) flash

Pircarînî

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/blɪts/

Ji Middle High German mîras hatiye girtin

Ji Old High German mîras hatiye girtin

Hevwate bi îngilîzî

Hevwate bi Old Saxon

Hevwate bi Old English

Hevwate bi holendî

Hevwate bi Ancient Greek

Hevwate bi sanskrîtî

Hevwate bi latînî

In summary

From Middle High German blitze (“lightning”), from Old High German blëcchazzen; compare English bleak and bleach. Synchronically analyzed as a nominal formation from blitzen (“to flash”), see there for more. Cognates See also Old Saxon bliksmo (“lightning”), Old English blæcern (“candlestick”), Dutch bliksem, Ancient Greek φλέγω (phlégō, “to burn, blaze”), Sanskrit भ्राज (bhrāja, “to radiate, sparkle”), Latin fulgur (“lightning”).