Where does “daggerlike” come from?

daggerlike (English) comes from English like, from Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke, from Dutch luiken, from Middle Dutch luken, from Old Dutch lūcan, from Proto-West Germanic lūkan, from Proto-Germanic lūkaną — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

daggerlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a dagger

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dagger

Ancestry of “daggerlike”, step by step

daggerlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English like

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlikeTo enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;...
2Dutchluikhatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych
3Middle Dutchluke
4Dutchluikento close, to shut
5Middle Dutchlukento close, to shut; to close, to become closed
6Old Dutchlūcanto close, shut
7Proto-West Germaniclūkanto close, to shut
8Proto-Germaniclūkanąto close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter

via English dagger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdaggerA stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a...
2Middle Englishdaggeredagger
3Old Frenchdague
4Italiandagadagger; A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but...
5Vulgar LatindacaDacian knife; Dacian
6LatinDaciaDenmark; Dacia; greater Romania
7Ancient GreekΔάοιDai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ-