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Where does “cȳmlīċ” come from?

cȳmlīċ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kūmalīkaz — pitiful, dear.

Ancestry of “cȳmlīċ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickūmalīkazpitiful, dear

Words derived from “cȳmlīċ”

  • comely
  • comeliness
  • comelily
  • cumly
  • comly
  • cumlich
Every word from Proto-Germanic kūmalīkaz →