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 billīk →Every word from Middle Low German billik →