Where does “gläich” come from?

gläich (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German gelīch, from Old High German gilīh, from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

gläich (Luxembourgish): equal; same; almost equal; similar; even, flat

Definitions

  1. equal; same; almost equal; similar; even, flat

Ancestry of “gläich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangelīch—
2Old High Germangilīhequal
3Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
4Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →
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