Where does “ġelīc” come from?

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

ġelīc (Old English): like, similar; like, alike, similar, equal,...

Definitions

  1. like, similar; like, alike, similar, equal,...

Ancestry of “ġelīc”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ġelīc”

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