Where does “Bildbestandteil” come from?

Bildbestandteil (German) comes from German Bestandteil, from German Teil, from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

Bildbestandteil (German): picture / image element / component

Definitions

  1. picture / image element / component

Ancestry of “Bildbestandteil”, step by step

Bildbestandteil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bestandteil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBestandteilcomponent, element; ingredient
2GermanTeilpart, piece; fraction of a whole; thing
3Middle High Germanteil—
4Old High Germanteil—
5Proto-West Germanicdailipart
6Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

via German Bild

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBildimage; picture; painting; photo; image
2Middle High Germanbildepicture, example, comparison; image, shape
3Old High Germanbilidiimage, figure, reflection, replica
4Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daili →