Where does “gelīch” come from?

gelīch (Middle High German) comes from Old High German gilīh, from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

Ancestry of “gelīch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangilīhequal
2Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
3Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “gelīch”

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