Where does “bilde” come from?

bilde (Danish) comes from German bilden, from German Bild, from Middle High German bilde, from Old High German bilidi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi — likeness, image.

bilde (Danish): to form

Definitions

  1. to form

Ancestry of “bilde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbildento form, to train; to educate oneself
2GermanBildimage; picture; painting; photo; image
3Middle High Germanbildepicture, example, comparison; image, shape
4Old High Germanbilidiimage, figure, reflection, replica
5Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image

Words derived from “bilde”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →