Where does “manli,manlich,manly” come from?

manli,manlich,manly (Middle English) comes from Old English manlīċ, from Proto-Germanic mannlīkaz — manly.

Ancestry of “manli,manlich,manly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmanlīċ—
2Proto-Germanicmannlīkazmanly

Words derived from “manli,manlich,manly”

Every word from Proto-Germanic mannlīkaz →Every word from Old English manlīċ →
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