Where does “strangerlike” come from?

strangerlike (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.

strangerlike (English): Like a stranger; without familiarity or intimacy

Definitions

  1. Like a stranger; without familiarity or intimacy

Ancestry of “strangerlike”, step by step

strangerlike 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 stranger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishstrangercomparative form of strange: more strange; A...
2Middle Englishstraungerforeigner, alien; comparative degree of straunge
3Old Frenchestrangierforeigner
4Old Frenchestrangeforeign; overseas; foreigner; non-native
5Latinextrāneusforeign
6Latin-āneusforming adjectives Of or pertaining to; -aneous
7Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
8Proto-Italic*-eosForms adjectives indicating being formed out of a material
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ-