Where does “bildēt” come from?
bildēt (Latvian) comes from Latvian bilde, from Middle Low German bilde, from Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi — likeness, image.
bildēt (Latvian): to say
Ancestry of “bildēt”, step by step
bildēt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian bilde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | bilde | picture, image |
| 2 | Middle Low German | bilde | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | bilithi | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *biliþi | likeness, image |
via Latvian bilst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | bilst | to utter; to say, especially in few words |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “bildēt”