Where does “vedligeholdelse” come from?

vedligeholdelse (Danish) comes from Danish vedligeholde, from Danish lige, from Danish lig, from Old Norse lík, from Middle Low German līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

vedligeholdelse (Danish): maintenance

Definitions

  1. maintenance

Ancestry of “vedligeholdelse”, step by step

vedligeholdelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish vedligeholde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishvedligeholdemaintain; keep up
2Danishligelike, match; straight, not bent; equal
3Danishligequal to; like, similar to; body, corpse
4Old Norselíkleechline; body; leech
5Middle Low Germanlīk—
6Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

via Danish Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse—
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līką →Every word from Middle Low German līk →