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.

līcon (Old Dutch): to please

Definitions

  1. to please

Ancestry of “līcon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germaniclīkēnto be pleasing
2Proto-Germaniclīkānąto conform, to be of an agreeable kind; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “līcon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līkāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic līkēn →