Where does “bleech” come from?

bleech (Luxembourgish) comes 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.

bleech (Luxembourgish): pale, pallid; second-person singular imperative...

Definitions

  1. pale, pallid; second-person singular imperative...

Ancestry of “bleech”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbleihpale, white
2Proto-West Germanicblaikpale, white
3Proto-Germanicblaikazpale, white
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰloyǵ-os—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyǵ-to shine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰloyǵ-os →Every word from Proto-Germanic blaikaz →