Where does “bilete” come from?

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

bilete (Norwegian Nynorsk): a picture

Definitions

  1. a picture

Ancestry of “bilete”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bilete”

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