Where does “blek” come from?

blek (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse bleikr, from Proto-Germanic blaikaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰloyǵ-os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- — to shine.

blek (Norwegian Bokmål): pale; imperative of bleke

Definitions

  1. pale; imperative of bleke

Ancestry of “blek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebleikrpale, whitish
2Proto-Germanicblaikazpale, white
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰloyǵ-os—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyǵ-to shine

Words derived from “blek”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰloyǵ-os →Every word from Proto-Germanic blaikaz →