Where does “lik” come from?

lik (Middle English) comes from Old English ġelīc, from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

lik (Middle English): same, similar, alike

Definitions

  1. same, similar, alike

Ancestry of “lik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġelīclike, similar; like, alike, similar, equal,...
2Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
3Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “lik”

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