Where does “nakenbild” come from?

nakenbild (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.

nakenbild (Swedish): an image of someone naked (as art or pornography)

Definitions

  1. an image of someone naked (as art or pornography)

Ancestry of “nakenbild”, step by step

nakenbild 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 naken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishnakennude, naked; without clothes
2Old Norsenakinnnaked
3Proto-Germanicnakwadaznaked
4Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old High German bilidi →Every word from Middle High German bilde →