Where does “Einzelbild” come from?

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

Einzelbild (German): single picture, single image

Definitions

  1. single picture, single image

Ancestry of “Einzelbild”, step by step

Einzelbild 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 einzeln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germaneinzelnsingle; lone; only, unique; separate; discrete
2Middle High Germaneinzel—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →
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