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Where does “bȳr” come from?
bȳr (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse býr, from Proto-Germanic būwiz — dwelling.
Ancestry of “bȳr”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Norse
býr
Alternative form of bǿr; farm; town; place ,...
2
Proto-Germanic
būwiz
dwelling
Words derived from “bȳr”
angered
yttrium
erbium
yttria
ytterbium
terbium
Ytterby
unangered
erbate
radioyttrium
erbian
by
Ytterby
Mjölby
stugby
pyy
ryd
byfåne
bymiljöväg
kyrkby
Ljungby
bybo
olympiaby
stormby
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