Where does “gilīk” come from?

gilīk (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

Ancestry of “gilīk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gilīk”

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