Where does “sammenlignelighed” come from?
sammenlignelighed (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.
sammenlignelighed (Danish): comparability
Definitions
- comparability
Ancestry of “sammenlignelighed”, step by step
| 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 |