by
Norwegian Nynorsk
/byː/
pronu-note
Definitions
- town, city (regardless of population size or land area)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse býr (settlement, lot, and later settlement, land, town, farm, property, place) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰuH-
Gloss
grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -by English
- fiat English
- physio- English
- probate English
- probation English
- satellite town English
- -bo Latin
- -bundus Latin
- adminiculabundus Latin
- aestuabundus Latin
- amorabundus Latin
- fuisset Latin
- futurus Latin
- futūrus Latin
- proba Latin
- probabilis Latin
- probare Latin
- probābilis Latin
- probō Latin
- sum Latin
- Baustelle German
- bugiardino Italian
- fisicamente Italian
- boer Dutch, Flemish
- φυσική Ancient Greek
- φυσικός Ancient Greek
- φυσκικὴ ἐπιστήμη, φυσικός Ancient Greek
- φυτόν Ancient Greek
- φύσις Ancient Greek
- φύω Ancient Greek
- ἀπόφυσις Ancient Greek
- *-eh₂tos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂ǵos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰuHyéti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéwH-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéwHeti, *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- *pro- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro-bʰuH-s Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *tri-dʰh₁o- Proto-Indo-European
- h₁n̥dʰi-bʰuH-om, *h₁n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European
- by Norwegian Bokmål
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *buskaz Proto-Germanic
- *buþlą Proto-Germanic
- *bōþō Proto-Germanic
- *būaną Proto-Germanic
- *būraz Proto-Germanic
- *būwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *būwiz Proto-Germanic
- *būą Proto-Germanic
- *nēhwagabūrô Proto-Germanic
- Ljungby Swedish
- Mjölby Swedish
- Ytterby Swedish
- by Swedish
- stugby Swedish
- buar Norwegian Nynorsk
- bydel Norwegian Nynorsk
- byfornying Norwegian Nynorsk
- bygd Norwegian Nynorsk
- bygdeby Norwegian Nynorsk
- bykart Norwegian Nynorsk
- byplanlegging Norwegian Nynorsk
- bysentrum Norwegian Nynorsk
- bystat Norwegian Nynorsk
- bystatus Norwegian Nynorsk
- bystrøk Norwegian Nynorsk
- del Norwegian Nynorsk
- drabant Norwegian Nynorsk
- drabantby Norwegian Nynorsk
- ferie Norwegian Nynorsk
- ferieby Norwegian Nynorsk
- festning Norwegian Nynorsk
- festningsby Norwegian Nynorsk
- fornying Norwegian Nynorsk
- gamal or l Norwegian Nynorsk
- gamle Norwegian Nynorsk
- gamleby Norwegian Nynorsk
- gammal Norwegian Nynorsk
- garnison Norwegian Nynorsk
- garnisonsby Norwegian Nynorsk
- gruve Norwegian Nynorsk
- gruveby Norwegian Nynorsk
- industri Norwegian Nynorsk
- industriby Norwegian Nynorsk
- innland Norwegian Nynorsk
- innlandsby Norwegian Nynorsk
- kart Norwegian Nynorsk
- kyst Norwegian Nynorsk
- kystby Norwegian Nynorsk
- land Norwegian Nynorsk
- landsby Norwegian Nynorsk
- nabo Norwegian Nynorsk
- naboby Norwegian Nynorsk
- nn Norwegian Nynorsk
- oldtid Norwegian Nynorsk
- oldtidsby Norwegian Nynorsk
- planlegging Norwegian Nynorsk
- provins Norwegian Nynorsk
- provinsby Norwegian Nynorsk
- sentrum Norwegian Nynorsk
- sove Norwegian Nynorsk
- soveby Norwegian Nynorsk
- spøkelse Norwegian Nynorsk
- spøkelsesby Norwegian Nynorsk
- stasjon Norwegian Nynorsk
- stasjonsby Norwegian Nynorsk
- stat Norwegian Nynorsk
- status Norwegian Nynorsk
- stor Norwegian Nynorsk
- storby Norwegian Nynorsk
- strøk Norwegian Nynorsk
- til Norwegian Nynorsk
- tilby Norwegian Nynorsk
- vennskap Norwegian Nynorsk
- vennskapsby Norwegian Nynorsk
- vert Norwegian Nynorsk
- vertsby Norwegian Nynorsk
- dīc Old English
- nēahġebūr Old English
- æppel Old English
- असंभावित Sanskrit
- असम्भव Sanskrit
- उद्भव Sanskrit
- भवति Sanskrit
- भाव Sanskrit
- भावना Sanskrit
- भावुक Sanskrit
- भू Sanskrit
- संभव Sanskrit
- स्था Sanskrit
- स्वाभाविक Sanskrit
- bóndi Old Norse
- bú Old Norse
- búa Old Norse
- búandi Old Norse
- búinn Old Norse
- búr Old Norse
- býr Old Norse
- bœr Old Norse
- nábúi Old Norse
- *byti Proto-Slavic
- भावनात्मक Hindi
- βυζί Greek (modern)
- nabuer Middle Dutch
- buari, bū(w)āri Old High German
- at·tá Old Irish
- bí Old Irish
- boer Afrikaans
- bushtër Albanian
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- פּויער Yiddish
- *gabūr gmw-pro
- ბუჩქი Georgian
- *butā Proto-Celtic
- *buyeti Proto-Celtic
- *bʰúHmiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- bȳr Old Swedish
- *-βuwontnos Proto-Italic
- *fefuai Proto-Italic
- *fuiō Proto-Italic
- *būmā Proto-Albanian
- *būšta Proto-Albanian
- *bū́ˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- nn
- del
- til
- buar
- kyst
- sove
- vert
- land
- bygd
- stor
- nabo
- kart
- stat
- bydel
- tilby
- strøk
- ferie
- gruve
- gamle
- status
- gammal
- oldtid
- kystby
- naboby
- bystat
- soveby
- storby
- bykart
- provins
- stasjon
- bygdeby
- gamleby
- landsby
- vertsby
- bystrøk
- ferieby
- gruveby
- drabant
- innland
- sentrum
- vennskap
- spøkelse
- festning
- fornying
- bystatus
- garnison
- industri
- provinsby
- oldtidsby
- bysentrum
- drabantby
- industriby
- innlandsby
- byfornying
- gamal or l
- stasjonsby
- planlegging
- spøkelsesby
- garnisonsby
- festningsby
- vennskapsby
- byplanlegging