Where does “heimelik” come from?
heimelik (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon *hēmlīk, from Proto-West Germanic *haimalīk, from Proto-Germanic haimaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.
Ancestry of “heimelik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | *hēmlīk | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *haimalīk | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
Words derived from “heimelik”