bleken
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to pale, to become/be white
- to bleach, to make white
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *blēken inherited from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*blaikijaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *blaikijaną Proto-Germanic
- bleikja Old Norse
- blêken Middle Dutch
- bleihhen Old High German
- blīchen Middle High German
- *blaikijan gmw-pro
- *blēken Old Dutch