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
Ancestry of “ilke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | īlca | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | ilīkaz | the same |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
Words derived from “ilke”