blidi

Old Saxon

adj

Definitions

happy, glad
gentle, friendly

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *blīþiz (mild, friendly, pleasing).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*blīþiz

Gloss

mild, friendly, pleasing

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*bʰlī- Proto-Indo-European
*blīþiz Proto-Germanic
bliþe Old English
blīþe Old English
blīþe, bliþe Old English
blíðr Old Norse
𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 Gothic
*blīþī gmw-pro
*blīthi Old Dutch
*blīthe Old Frisian