bhili-, bhilo-

    bhili-, bhilo-

    English meaning: harmonious, friendly

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “ebenmäßig, angemessen, gut, freundlich”

    Material: M.Ir. bil (*bhi-li-) “good”, Gaul. Bili- in PN Bili-catus, Bilicius etc, O.H.G. bila- “kind, gracious”, newer bili-, bil- in 1. part of people’s name; O.E. bile-wit ‘simple, just, innocent” = M.H.G. bilewiz, bilwiz “fairy demon, ghost” (lit. “good ghost”); O.H.G. bil-līch “proper”; abstract noun *biliÞō in O.S. unbilithunga “ unconventionality “, M.H.G. unbilde, unbilede n. “ wrong; injustice, the incomprehensible “, Ger. Unbilde, to adjective M.H.G. unbil “ unjust; unfair “, substantivized Swiss UnbIllyr. About Ger. Bild see under bhei(ǝ)- “hit”, wherefore R. Loewe (KZ. 51, 187 ff.) will place also Unbilde . Gk. φίλος “ dear, friend “ etc places Kretschmer (IF. 45, 267 f.) as pre Greek to lyd. bilis “be”; against it Loewe aaO., which explains the stress of the first syllable from the vocative.

    References: WP. II 185, Kluge11 under Bild, billig, Unbill, Weichbild.