bleach
English
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) Pale; bleak.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bleche inherited from Old English blǣċ inherited from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (pale, shining, white) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (shine, strike).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleyǵ-
Gloss
shine, strike
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biobleach English
- bleachability English
- bleachable English
- bleacher English
- bleacherite English
- bleacherlike English
- bleachery English
- bleachfield English
- bleachless English
- bleachlike English
- bleachworks English
- bleachy English
- field English
- nonbleach English
- overbleach English
- photobleach English
- photobleachable English
- postbleach English
- prebleach English
- rebleach English
- unbleachable English
- works English
- fligo Latin
- Bleichmittel German
- Bleichstoff German
- bleichen German
- verbleichen German
- biacca Italian
- imbiaccare Italian
- blank Dutch, Flemish
- blanc French
- *bhleg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *blaikaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankaz Proto-Germanic
- *blankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blīkaną Proto-Germanic
- bleikja Norwegian Nynorsk
- bleikje Norwegian Nynorsk
- blac Old English
- blacian Old English
- blǣċ Old English
- bleche Middle English
- blechere Middle English
- bleikja Old Norse
- bleikr Old Norse
- blanc Old French
- bleih Old High German
- blëcchazzen Old High German
- bleichen Middle High German
- bleechen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *blaik gmw-pro
- *blēk Old Dutch
- blikisni Old Dutch
- *laikka Proto-Finnic
- blank Middle Low German
- блискъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- bladje Walloon
- blaih lng