Where does “līcon” come from?
līcon (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic līkēn, from Proto-Germanic līkāną, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
Ancestry of “līcon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | līkēn | to be pleasing |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | līkāną | to conform, to be of an agreeable kind; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
Words derived from “līcon”