Where does “Bildkonserve” come from?

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

Bildkonserve (German): photograph copy

Definitions

  1. photograph copy

Ancestry of “Bildkonserve”, step by step

Bildkonserve traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via German konserve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankonservepreserved food
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþiEvery word from Old High German bilidiEvery word from Middle High German bilde
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