Where does “bryllupsbilde” come from?

bryllupsbilde (Norwegian Bokmål) comes 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.

bryllupsbilde (Norwegian Bokmål): a wedding photo

Definitions

  1. a wedding photo

Ancestry of “bryllupsbilde”, step by step

bryllupsbilde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål bilde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbildepicture, image
2Danishbilledepicture, image; photo
3Old Danishbeletæ—
4Middle Low Germanbilede—
5Old Saxonbilithi—
6Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image

via Norwegian Bokmål bryllup

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbryllupa wedding
2Old Norsebrúdhlaup—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old Saxon bilithi →Every word from Middle Low German bilede →