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Where does “umbilden” come from?

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

umbilden (German): to reshape; to reshuffle, to reorganize

Definitions

  1. to reshape; to reshuffle, to reorganize

Ancestry of “umbilden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbildento form, to train; to educate oneself
2GermanBildimage; picture; painting; photo; image
3Middle High Germanbildepicture, example, comparison; image, shape
4Old High Germanbilidiimage, figure, reflection, replica
5Proto-West Germanic*biliþi—
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