Where does “bleken” come from?
bleken (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch blêken, from Old Dutch blēken, from Proto-Germanic blaikijaną, from Proto-Germanic blaikaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰloyǵ-os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- — to shine.
bleken (Dutch): to bleach
Ancestry of “bleken”, step by step