Where does “bleihhen” come from?
bleihhen (Old High German) comes 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.
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Words derived from “bleihhen”