Where does “Bild” come from?

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

Bild (German): image; picture; painting; photo; image

Definitions

  1. image; picture; painting; photo; image

Ancestry of “Bild”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbildepicture, example, comparison; image, shape
2Old High Germanbilidiimage, figure, reflection, replica
3Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image

Words derived from “Bild

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi