Where does “beeld” come from?

beeld (Afrikaans) comes from Middle Dutch bēelde, from Old Dutch bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi — likeness, image.

beeld (Afrikaans): image, picture

Definitions

  1. image, picture

Ancestry of “beeld”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbēeldesculpture
2Old Dutchbilithi—
3Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image

Words derived from “beeld”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old Dutch bilithi →Every word from Middle Dutch bēelde →