Where does “nøgenbillede” come from?

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

nøgenbillede (Danish): nude (depiction of a naked human)

Definitions

  1. nude (depiction of a naked human)

Ancestry of “nøgenbillede”, step by step

nøgenbillede traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish billede

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbilledepicture, image; photo
2Old Danishbeletæ—
3Middle Low Germanbilede—
4Old Saxonbilithi—
5Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image

via Danish nøgen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishnøgennaked, nude
2Old Norsenakinnnaked
3Proto-Germanicnakwadaznaked
4Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old Saxon bilithi →Every word from Middle Low German bilede →