Where does “gelijc” come from?

gelijc (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch gilīk, from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

Ancestry of “gelijc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgilīk—
2Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
3Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “gelijc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic galīkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic galīk →