blyg
Swedish
/ˈblyːɡ/
adjective
Definitions
- shy, timid
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish bliūgher inherited from Old Norse *bljúgr.
Origin
Old Norse
*bljúgr
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bʰlaw- Proto-Indo-European
- blyg Norwegian Bokmål
- *blautaz Proto-Germanic
- *bleugaz Proto-Germanic
- blygsam Swedish
- blyg Norwegian Nynorsk
- bleat Old English
- *bljúgr Old Norse
- blautr Old Norse
- blý Old Norse
- bly Danish
- bljúgur Icelandic
- bloz Old High German
- blōz Old High German
- blōʒ, bloz Old High German
- *blōt Old Dutch
- blōt Middle Low German
- *blōt Old Saxon
- bliūgher Old Swedish
- blāt Old Frisian