Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biliþī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from *biliþu (“equalness, likeness”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix), from *bil (“equal, alike”) +‎ *-iþu (“-ness, -th”), from Proto-Germanic *bilaz, *biliz.

Noun

*biliþī n

1. likeness, image
2. example

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*biliþī, *biliþija
Genitive	*biliþijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*biliþī, *biliþija	*biliþiju
Accusative	*biliþī, *biliþija	*biliþiju
Genitive	*biliþijas	*biliþijō
Dative	*biliþijē	*biliþijum
Instrumental	*biliþiju	*biliþijum

Related terms

• *biliþijan
• *billīk
• *biliþōn

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *bilethe, bild, byld
  • Saterland Frisian: Bielde
  • West Frisian: byld
• Old Saxon: bilithi
  • Middle Low German: bilede, bilde, belede, belde
    • German Low German: Bild
    • Plautdietsch: Bilt
    • → Latvian: bilde (or from Middle Dutch)
    • → Old Norse: bilæti
      • Icelandic: bílæti
      • Faroese: bílæti
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: bilete, bilæte
    • → Old Swedish: bilæte
      • Swedish: beläte, bild
    • → Old Danish: beletæ
      • Danish: billede
        • Norwegian Bokmål: bilde, (obsolete) billede
          • → Norwegian Nynorsk: bilde
• Old Dutch: bilithe, bilithi
  • Middle Dutch: bēelde, bilde, belde
    • Dutch: beeld
      • Afrikaans: beeld
      • Negerhollands: beeld
    • Limburgish: beildj
    • → Latvian: bilde (or from Middle Low German)
• Old High German: bilidi, piladi, biladi
  • Middle High German: bilde
    • Central Franconian: Bild, Beld (less common)
    • Bavarian: Büd, Buid
    • Cimbrian: bilt, pilt
    • German: Bild
      • →? Estonian: pilt
      • → Esperanto: bildo
    • Luxembourgish: Bild
    • Pennsylvania German: Bild
    • Yiddish: בילד (bild)