Where does “bili-” come from?

bili- (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *bil(i) — kind, gentle, merciful.

bili- (Old Saxon): Prefix denoting uniformity or appropriateness

Definitions

  1. Prefix denoting uniformity or appropriateness

Ancestry of “bili-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*bil(i)kind, gentle, merciful
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