Where does “biliþe” come from?

biliþe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic biliþī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

biliþe (Old English): an image, a representation, resemblance,...

Definitions

  1. an image, a representation, resemblance,...

Ancestry of “biliþe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbiliþīlikeness, image; example
2Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
3Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -ī →