Where does “billig” come from?

billig (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German billik, from Old Frisian billīk, from Proto-West Germanic *bil(i) — kind, gentle, merciful.

billig (Swedish): cheap; of low price, of little worth; cheap,...

Definitions

  1. cheap; of low price, of little worth; cheap,...

Ancestry of “billig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbillik
2Old Frisianbillīk
3Proto-West Germanic*bil(i)kind, gentle, merciful

Words derived from “billig

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *bil(i)Every word from Old Frisian billīkEvery word from Middle Low German billik