Where does “bilde” come from?

bilde (Middle High German) comes from Old High German bilidi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi — likeness, image.

bilde (Middle High German): picture, example, comparison; image, shape

Definitions

  1. picture, example, comparison; image, shape

Ancestry of “bilde”, step by step

bilde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German bilidi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbilidiimage, figure, reflection, replica
2Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image

via Old High German biladi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbiladi—
2Arabicبِلَادnative country

Words derived from “bilde”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old High German bilidi →