Where does “byll” come from?

byll (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish byld, from Proto-Germanic *biliþi.

byll (Norwegian Bokmål): a boil or abscess

Definitions

  1. a boil or abscess

Ancestry of “byll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbyldan abscess, boil
2Proto-Germanic*biliþi

Words derived from “byll

Every word from Proto-Germanic *biliþiEvery word from Danish byld
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