Where does “modiglic” come from?

modiglic (Old English) comes from Old English mōdiġ, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

modiglic (Old English): brave-looking

Definitions

  1. brave-looking

Ancestry of “modiglic”, step by step

modiglic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English mōdiġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmōdiġbrave
2Old English-iġ-y, -ic
3Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
4Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Old English līċ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlīċbody
2Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
3Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Old English -iġ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →