Where does “liik” come from?
liik (Estonian) comes from Middle Low German līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
liik (Estonian): kind, type, sort; species
Definitions
- kind, type, sort; species
Ancestry of “liik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | līk | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
Words derived from “liik”