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

Definitions

  1. -ly, -like, -ous

Ancestry of “-lijc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch-līk—
2Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
3Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “-lijc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līką →Every word from Proto-Germanic -līkaz →