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Where does “lyd” come from?

lyd (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish lyd, from Danish medlyd, from Danish med, from Old Norse með, from Proto-Germanic midi, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂, from Proto-Indo-European mé.

lyd (Norwegian Bokmål): sound; people; imperative of lyde

Definitions

  1. sound; people; imperative of lyde

Ancestry of “lyd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlydsound; noise; imperative of lyde
2Danishmedlydconsonant
3Danishmedwith; by; including, counting
4Old Norsemeðwith, along with
5Proto-Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmé—

Words derived from “lyd”

  • ultralyd
  • lydord
  • lydbok
  • lydmur
  • lyddemper
  • ulyd
  • lydløs
  • lydbånd
  • lydbølge
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