Where does “lijk” come from?

lijk (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch līk, from Proto-West Germanic līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

lijk (Dutch): The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or...

Definitions

  1. The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or...

Ancestry of “lijk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchlijc—
2Old Dutchlīk—
3Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
4Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “lijk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →