Where does “gliich” come from?

gliich (Alemannic German) comes from Middle High German gelīch, from Old High German gilīh, from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

gliich (Alemannic German): identical being the same entity

Definitions

  1. identical being the same entity

Ancestry of “gliich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangelīch
2Old High Germangilīhequal
3Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
4Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “gliich

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ-