bygd

Swedish

/ˈbʏɡːd/

noun

Definitions

a village
a region, a country district (tied together by common traditions)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish byghþ inherited from Old Norse byggð inherited from Proto-Germanic *biwwiþō.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*biwwiþō

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

bygd Norwegian Bokmål
*biwwiþō Proto-Germanic
bygdegård Swedish
bygdemål Swedish
bygdemålsfärgad Swedish
gård Swedish
hem Swedish
hembygd Swedish
mål Swedish
öde Swedish
ödebygd Swedish
byggva Old Norse
byggð Old Norse
bygð Old Norse
byggð Icelandic
bygd Faroese
byghþ Old Swedish
bygd Old Danish