Where does “Schlüsselbild” come from?

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

Schlüsselbild (German): keyframe

Definitions

  1. keyframe

Ancestry of “Schlüsselbild”, step by step

Schlüsselbild 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 schlüssel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschlüssela key
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old High German bilidi →Every word from Middle High German bilde →