Words that come from Proto-West Germanic likkōn

160 words across 27 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic likkōn — including lick, licking, lecherous, lechery, lecher, cowlick, lech, lickspittle.

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English (55)

Dutch (23)

German (11)

French (8)

Italian (8)

Yiddish (6)

Old French (6)

Middle English (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Esperanto (4)

Plautdietsch (4)

Afrikaans (3)

Vilamovian (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Middle French (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Jamaican Creole (2)

Old Dutch (1)

Old English (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle High German (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Limburgish (1)

Danish (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Norman (1)