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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | lidig | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *liþug | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | liþugaz | flexible, free, unoccupied |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |