Where does “Röntgenbild” come from?

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

Röntgenbild (German): X-ray image

Definitions

  1. X-ray image

Ancestry of “Röntgenbild”, step by step

Röntgenbild 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 röntgen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanröntgento X-ray
2GermanRöntgenröntgen, X-ray
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old High German bilidi →Every word from Middle High German bilde →