Where does “billedlig” come from?

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

billedlig (Norwegian Bokmål): figurative, metaphorical

Definitions

  1. figurative, metaphorical

Ancestry of “billedlig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbilled—
2Norwegian Bokmålbildepicture, image
3Danishbilledepicture, image; photo
4Old Danishbeletæ—
5Middle Low Germanbilede—
6Old Saxonbilithi—
7Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old Saxon bilithi →Every word from Middle Low German bilede →