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Old Norse word blakkr comes from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (to shine), its later form *bhlē- (to burn), and later Proto-Germanic *blakkaz (burned), which was associated with black
*bhel- (Proto-Indo-European)
To shine.
*bhlē- (Proto-Indo-European)
To burn, gleam, shine, flash.
*blakkaz (Proto-Germanic)
Burned.
blakkr (Old Norse)
Black.