Where does “gelician” come from?

gelician (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic galīkōną, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

gelician (Old English): to delight, please; gladden; blissen; to seem...

Definitions

  1. to delight, please; gladden; blissen; to seem...

Ancestry of “gelician”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgalīkōnąto be like, to resemble; to make alike, to make...
2Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →
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