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Where does “bleechen” come from?

bleechen (Luxembourgish) comes 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.

bleechen (Luxembourgish): to bleach; inflection of bleech: ## strong/weak...

Definitions

  1. to bleach; inflection of bleech: ## strong/weak...

Ancestry of “bleechen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbleichen—
2Old High Germanbleihhen—
3Proto-West Germanic*blaikijan—
4Proto-Germanicblaikijanąto bleach, to make pale, to whiten
5Proto-Germanicblaikazpale, white
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰloyǵ-os—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyǵ-to shine
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