Where does “bilde” come from?

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

bilde (Norwegian Nynorsk): picture, image

Definitions

  1. picture, image

Ancestry of “bilde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebilætiicon
2Middle Low Germanbilede—
3Old Saxonbilithi—
4Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image

Words derived from “bilde”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old Saxon bilithi →Every word from Middle Low German bilede →
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