Where does “lykhuis” come from?
lykhuis (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans huis, from Dutch huis, from Dutch raad, from Middle Dutch râet, from Old Dutch rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos — to fit, to fix, to put together.
lykhuis (Afrikaans): morgue; mortuary
Definitions
- morgue; mortuary
Ancestry of “lykhuis”, step by step
lykhuis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans huis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | huis | A house, residence |
| 2 | Dutch | huis | A house, home, residence; A genealogical house,... |
| 3 | Dutch | raad | An advice, counsel; A council, board, body which... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | râet | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | rāt | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rād | advice, counsel |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaz | advice, counsel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hréh₁dʰos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Afrikaans lyk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | lyk | dead body; corpse; to look, to appear |
| 2 | Dutch | lijk | The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | lijc | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | līk | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | līk | body |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |