Where does “kreidebleich” come from?

kreidebleich (German) comes from German Kreide, from Middle High German krīde, from Old High German krīda, from Vulgar Latin *crēda, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

kreidebleich (German): white as chalk; pale, especially pale-faced;...

Definitions

  1. white as chalk; pale, especially pale-faced;...

Ancestry of “kreidebleich”, step by step

kreidebleich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kreide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKreidea chalk
2Middle High Germankrīde
3Old High Germankrīda
4Vulgar Latin*crēda
5LatinCrētachalk
6Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
7Latin-āxish, -y
8Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
9Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
10Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
11Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius