Where does “beletæ” come from?

beletæ (Old Danish) comes from Middle Low German bilede, from Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi — likeness, image.

Ancestry of “beletæ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “beletæ”

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