Where does “[[lëdic]], [[lëdec]]” come from?

[[lëdic]], [[lëdec]] (Middle High German) comes from Old High German lidig, from Proto-West Germanic *liþug, from Proto-Germanic liþugaz, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Ancestry of “[[lëdic]], [[lëdec]]”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlidig—
2Proto-West Germanic*liþug—
3Proto-Germanicliþugazflexible, free, unoccupied
4Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “[[lëdic]], [[lëdec]]”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic liþugaz →