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Where does “käuflich” come from?

käuflich (German) comes from German -lich, from Middle High German -lich, from Old High German -līh, from Proto-Germanic *-līk.

käuflich (German): buyable, for sale, purchasable, available; venal,...

Definitions

  1. buyable, for sale, purchasable, available; venal,...

Ancestry of “käuflich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-lichan adjectival suffix; an adverbial suffix
2Middle High German-lich-ly
3Old High German-līh—
4Proto-Germanic*-līk—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *-līk →