Where does “īlca” come from?

īlca (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic ilīkaz, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

īlca (Old English): the same

Definitions

  1. the same

Ancestry of “īlca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicilīkazthe same
2Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
3Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “īlca”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līką →Every word from Proto-Germanic -līkaz →