Where does “liken” come from?
Liken comes from Middle English liknen, meaning to compare or make similar.
liken (English): To compare; to state that is like
Definitions
- To compare; to state that is like
Ancestry of “liken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | liknen | to compare; to be comparable, be equal; to form;... |
| 2 | Middle English | lik | same, similar, alike |
| 3 | Old English | ġelīc | like, similar; like, alike, similar, equal,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | galīk | alike, similar |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | galīkaz | alike, similar; equal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |