Where does “belde” come from?

belde (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi — likeness, image.

Ancestry of “belde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbilithi—
2Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old Saxon bilithi →