Where does “ylike” come from?

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

ylike (Middle English): alike; an equal, peer

Definitions

  1. alike; an equal, peer

Ancestry of “ylike”, 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
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