Where does “finlike” come from?
finlike (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.
finlike (English): Resembling a fin, especially in shape
Definitions
- Resembling a fin, especially in shape
Ancestry of “finlike”, step by step
finlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |
via English fin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fin | One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel... |
| 2 | English | finasteride | A medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males |
| 3 | English | -steride | Used to form names of [[w:5α-reductase |
| 4 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 5 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 6 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |