Where does “språklig” come from?

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

språklig (Norwegian Bokmål): linguistic, relating to language

Definitions

  1. linguistic, relating to language

Ancestry of “språklig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-lig-le or -ly, used to form adjectives from nouns,...
2Old Norse-ligrsuffix used to create adjectives, having the...
3Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
4Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “språklig”

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