Where does “sammenlignelig” come from?
sammenlignelig (Danish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sammenligne, from Norwegian Bokmål ligne, from Norwegian Bokmål lik, from Old Norse lík, from Middle Low German līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
sammenlignelig (Danish): comparable
Definitions
- comparable
Ancestry of “sammenlignelig”, step by step
sammenlignelig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål sammenligne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sammenligne | to compare |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | ligne | to look like, resemble, be similar to; to... |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | lik | similar, alike; equal; a corpse, body |
| 4 | Old Norse | lík | leechline; body; leech |
| 5 | Middle Low German | līk | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |