Where does “bleichrot” come from?

bleichrot (German) comes from German bleich, from Middle High German bleich, from Old High German bleih, from Proto-West Germanic blaik, from Proto-Germanic blaikaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰloyǵ-os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- — to shine.

bleichrot (German): pale red

Definitions

  1. pale red

Ancestry of “bleichrot”, step by step

bleichrot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German bleich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbleichpale, pallid
2Middle High Germanbleichpale
3Old High Germanbleihpale, white
4Proto-West Germanicblaikpale, white
5Proto-Germanicblaikazpale, white
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰloyǵ-os—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyǵ-to shine

via German rōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrōt—
2Middle High Germanrōtred, red-haired
3Old High Germanrōtred, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red
4Proto-West Germanicraudred
5Proto-Germanicraudazred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰósred thing
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰloyǵ-os →Every word from Proto-Germanic blaikaz →