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Where does “lyde” come from?

lyde (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish lyde, from Old Norse lýti, from Proto-Germanic liutį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

lyde (Norwegian Bokmål): to sound , to be heard; to obey

Definitions

  1. to sound , to be heard; to obey

Ancestry of “lyde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlydeflaw, blemish; to sound, to be realized; to sound
2Old Norselýtiflaw; ugliness
3Proto-Germanicliutį̄deceit, deception
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “lyde”

  • ulydig
  • lydig
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