Where does “bilden” come from?

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

bilden (German): to form, to train; to educate oneself

Definitions

  1. to form, to train; to educate oneself

Ancestry of “bilden”, step by step

bilden 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 Middle High German bilden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbilden—
2Old High Germanbilidōn—

Words derived from “bilden”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →