Where does “Bleichmittel” come from?
Bleichmittel (German) comes from German bleichen, from Middle High German bleichen, from Old High German bleihhen, from Proto-West Germanic *blaikijan, from Proto-Germanic blaikijaną, from Proto-Germanic blaikaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰloyǵ-os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- — to shine.
Bleichmittel (German): bleach; whitener
Ancestry of “Bleichmittel”, step by step