Where does “lijkbleek” come from?

lijkbleek (Dutch) comes from Dutch bleek, from Middle Dutch blêec, from Old Dutch blēk, from Proto-West Germanic blaik, from Proto-Germanic blaikaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰloyǵ-os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- — to shine.

lijkbleek (Dutch): deathly pale, as pale as a corpse

Definitions

  1. deathly pale, as pale as a corpse

Ancestry of “lijkbleek”, step by step

lijkbleek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bleek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbleekpale; bleak; bleach
2Middle Dutchblêecpale, colourless
3Old Dutchblēk—
4Proto-West Germanicblaikpale, white
5Proto-Germanicblaikazpale, white
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰloyǵ-os—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyǵ-to shine

via Dutch lijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchlijkThe dead but otherwise intact body of a human or...
2Middle Dutchlijc—
3Old Dutchlīk—
4Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
5Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰloyǵ-os →Every word from Proto-Germanic blaikaz →