Where does “billigst” come from?

billigst (German) comes from German billig, from Middle High German billich, from Old High German billīh, from Proto-Germanic *bil(i).

billigst (German): most cheaply

Definitions

  1. most cheaply

Ancestry of “billigst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbilligappropriate, meet, fair; cheap
2Middle High Germanbillich
3Old High Germanbillīhappropriate
4Proto-Germanic*bil(i)
Every word from Proto-Germanic *bil(i)