Where does “בלייך” come from?

בלייך (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German bleich, 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.

בלייך (Yiddish): pale

Definitions

  1. pale

Ancestry of “בלייך”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbleichpale
2Old High Germanbleihpale, white
3Proto-West Germanicblaikpale, white
4Proto-Germanicblaikazpale, white
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰloyǵ-os—
6Proto-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 →