blench

blench · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰleyǵ-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*blankijaną“to deceive”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*blankijan
4. Old English · inherited fromblenċan“to deceive, cheat”
5. Middle English · inherited fromblench
6. English todayblench

From Middle English blench (noun) and blenchen (verb), from Old English blenċan (“to deceive, cheat”), from Proto-West Germanic *blankijan, from Proto-Germanic *blankijaną (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-. Cognate with Icelandic blekkja (“to deceive, cheat, impose upon”).

blench · verb²

1. Old French · derived fromblanchir“to whiten, bleach”
2. Middle English · inherited fromblanchen
3. English todayblench

Variant of blanch, from Middle English blanchen, blaunchen, from Old French blanchir (“to whiten, bleach”), from blanc (“white”), of Germanic origin; compare Middle English blenchen (“to turn pale", also "to flinch; deceive”), from Old English blenċan. More at blank.

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