Where does “byg” come from?

byg (Danish) comes from Old Norse bygg, from Proto-Germanic bewwą — barley.

byg (Danish): barley; imperative of bygge

Definitions

  1. barley; imperative of bygge

Ancestry of “byg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebyggbarley
2Proto-Germanicbewwąbarley

Words derived from “byg”

Every word from Proto-Germanic bewwą →Every word from Old Norse bygg →