Where does “bëlleg” come from?

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

bëlleg (Luxembourgish): cheap, inexpensive

Definitions

  1. cheap, inexpensive

Ancestry of “bëlleg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbillich—
2Old High Germanbillīhappropriate
3Proto-Germanic*bil(i)—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *bil(i) →Every word from Old High German billīh →Every word from Middle High German billich →