Where does “notebooklike” come from?

notebooklike (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.

notebooklike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a notebook

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a notebook

Ancestry of “notebooklike”, step by step

notebooklike 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 notebook

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnotebookA book in which notes or memoranda are written;...
2EnglishBookthe Bible
3Germanbūchbook collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication
4Middle High Germanbuoch
5Old High Germanbuohbook
6Proto-Germanicbōk
7Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ-