Where does “ilke” come from?

ilke (Middle English) comes from Old English īlca, from Proto-Germanic ilīkaz, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

ilke (Middle English): same

Definitions

  1. same

Ancestry of “ilke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishīlcathe same
2Proto-Germanicilīkazthe same
3Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
4Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “ilke”

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