Where does “bilæte” come from?

bilæte (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse bilæti, from Middle Low German bilede, from Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi — likeness, image.

bilæte (Norwegian Nynorsk): a picture

Definitions

  1. a picture

Ancestry of “bilæte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebilætiicon
2Middle Low Germanbilede—
3Old Saxonbilithi—
4Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old Saxon bilithi →Every word from Middle Low German bilede →