Where does “billede” come from?

billede (Danish) comes from Old Danish beletæ, from Middle Low German bilede, from Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi — likeness, image.

billede (Danish): picture, image; photo

Definitions

  1. picture, image; photo

Ancestry of “billede”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishbeletæ—
2Middle Low Germanbilede—
3Old Saxonbilithi—
4Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image

Words derived from “billede”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old Saxon bilithi →Every word from Middle Low German bilede →