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Where does “-līċ” come from?

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

-līċ (Old English): suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning...

Definitions

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Ancestry of “-līċ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*-līk—

Words derived from “-līċ”

  • especially
  • particularly
  • nearly
  • immediately
  • easily
  • certainly
  • directly
  • merely
  • suddenly
  • completely
  • frequently
  • exactly
  • relatively
  • equally
  • recently
  • largely
  • closely
  • previously
  • slightly
  • possibly
  • perfectly
  • necessarily
  • rapidly
  • extremely
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