Where does “atbildēšana” come from?

atbildēšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian atbildēt, from Latvian bildēt, from Latvian bilde, from Middle Low German bilde, from Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi — likeness, image.

atbildēšana (Latvian): answering; verbal noun of atbildēt

Definitions

  1. answering; verbal noun of atbildēt

Ancestry of “atbildēšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianatbildētto answer; to answer, to recite; to answer, to...
2Latvianbildētto say
3Latvianbildepicture, image
4Middle Low Germanbilde—
5Old Saxonbilithi—
6Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old Saxon bilithi →Every word from Middle Low German bilde →