Where does “lichamlice” come from?
lichamlice (Old English) comes from Old English līchamlīċ, from Old English līchama, from Old English hama, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.
lichamlice (Old English): physically
Definitions
- physically
Ancestry of “lichamlice”, step by step
lichamlice traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English līchamlīċ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | līchamlīċ | physical |
| 2 | Old English | līchama | body |
| 3 | Old English | hama | covering, dress, garment |
| 4 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
via Old English E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | E | — |
| 2 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |