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