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Where does “Billigung” come from?

Billigung (German) comes from German billigen, from German billig, from Middle High German billich, from Old High German billīh, from Proto-Germanic *bil(i).

Billigung (German): approval, acceptance

Definitions

  1. approval, acceptance

Ancestry of “Billigung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbilligento approve, to accept
2Germanbilligappropriate, meet, fair; cheap
3Middle High Germanbillich—
4Old High Germanbillīhappropriate
5Proto-Germanic*bil(i)—
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