Where does “æwlic” come from?

æwlic (Old English) comes from Old English -līċ, from Proto-Germanic *-līk.

æwlic (Old English): legal, lawful

Definitions

  1. legal, lawful

Ancestry of “æwlic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-līċsuffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning...
2Proto-Germanic*-līk—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *-līk →Every word from Old English -līċ →
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