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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/biliz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-i-s, from *bʰil- (good, decent). Cognate with Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, dear, beloved, lief), Old Irish bil (good, mild).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.liz/

Adjective

*biliz

  1. kind, gentle, merciful
  2. decent, fair, equitable

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: bile, bele (in compounds: bilewit, belewit; bilehwīt)
  • Old Frisian: *billīk
    • Saterland Frisian: billich ("fair, equitable, just")
    • West Frisian: billik, binlik
  • Old Saxon: bili (in compound: biliwit; unbilithunga); *billīk
  • Old Dutch: *biliwit; *bili; *billīk
    • Middle Dutch: beelwitte, belewitte, beluwitte; billic, bilc, billijc
      • Dutch: beeldwit; billijk
        • Afrikaans: billik
  • Old High German: bili (in compounds: *biliwiz); billūh, billīh
    • Middle High German: bilewiz, bilwiz, bilwīz; billich; unbil
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