Where does “-lijc” come from?
-lijc (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -līk, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
-lijc (Middle Dutch): -ly, -like, -ous
Ancestry of “-lijc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | -līk | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
Words derived from “-lijc”