Where does “līche” come from?

līche (Middle High German) comes from Old High German līh, from Proto-West Germanic līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

Ancestry of “līche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlīhbody
2Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
3Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “līche”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic līk →
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