Where does “misbillige” come from?

misbillige (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish billige, from German billigen, from German billig, from Middle High German billich, from Old High German billīh, from Proto-Germanic *bil(i).

misbillige (Norwegian Bokmål): disapprove

Definitions

  1. disapprove

Ancestry of “misbillige”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbilligeto approve of, to sanction; definite singular of...
2Germanbilligento approve, to accept
3Germanbilligappropriate, meet, fair; cheap
4Middle High Germanbillich—
5Old High Germanbillīhappropriate
6Proto-Germanic*bil(i)—

Words derived from “misbillige”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *bil(i) →