Where does “-lig” come from?

-lig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

-lig (Norwegian Bokmål): -le or -ly, used to form adjectives from nouns,...

Definitions

  1. -le or -ly, used to form adjectives from nouns,...

Ancestry of “-lig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-ligrsuffix used to create adjectives, having the...
2Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
3Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “-lig”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līką →Every word from Proto-Germanic -līkaz →