Where does “blir” come from?
blir (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bli, from Norwegian Bokmål blive, from Danish blive, from Middle Low German blîven, from Old Saxon bilīvan, from Proto-West Germanic bilīban, from Proto-Germanic bilībaną, from Proto-Germanic bi- — on, onto.
blir (Norwegian Bokmål): present of bli
Ancestry of “blir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bli | to stay, remain; to be; to become, get, go |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | blive | to drown |
| 3 | Danish | blive | to become; to be; to amount |
| 4 | Middle Low German | blîven | to remain |
| 5 | Old Saxon | bilīvan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bilīban | to stay, to remain in place |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bilībaną | to stay, to remain in place |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bi- | by, at |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |