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Where does “bilde” come from?

bilde (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish billede, from Old Danish beletæ, from Middle Low German bilede, from Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi.

bilde (Norwegian Bokmål): picture, image

Definitions

  1. picture, image

Ancestry of “bilde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbilledepicture, image; photo
2Old Danishbeletæ—
3Middle Low Germanbilede—
4Old Saxonbilithi—
5Proto-West Germanic*biliþi—

Words derived from “bilde”

  • speilbilde
  • nærbilde
  • passbilde
  • helhetsbilde
  • stjernebilde
  • bryllupsbilde
  • satellittbilde
  • miniatyrbilde
  • røntgenbilde
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →