Where does “ögonblicksbild” come from?

ögonblicksbild (Swedish) comes from Swedish bild, from German Bild, from Middle High German bilde, from Old High German bilidi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi — likeness, image.

ögonblicksbild (Swedish): a snapshot

Definitions

  1. a snapshot

Ancestry of “ögonblicksbild”, step by step

ögonblicksbild traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish bild

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbildpicture; image; photo
2GermanBildimage; picture; painting; photo; image
3Middle High Germanbildepicture, example, comparison; image, shape
4Old High Germanbilidiimage, figure, reflection, replica
5Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image

via Swedish ögonblick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishögonblicka moment, blink of an eye
2Germanōgenblik—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →
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