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Where does “Minibildchen” come from?

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

Minibildchen (German): a particularly small picture

Definitions

  1. a particularly small picture

Ancestry of “Minibildchen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBildimage; picture; painting; photo; image
2Middle High Germanbildepicture, example, comparison; image, shape
3Old High Germanbilidiimage, figure, reflection, replica
4Proto-West Germanic*biliþi—
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