Where does “lic” come from?

lic (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian licyś, from Proto-Slavic ličiti — to reveal.

lic (Lower Sorbian): second-person singular imperative of licyś

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of licyś

Ancestry of “lic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbianlicyśto count
2Proto-Slavicličitito reveal
Every word from Proto-Slavic ličiti →Every word from Lower Sorbian licyś →