Where does “scoplic” come from?

scoplic (Old English) comes from Old English līċ, from Proto-West Germanic līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

scoplic (Old English): poetic

Definitions

  1. poetic

Ancestry of “scoplic”, step by step

scoplic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Old English scop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishscoppoet, minstrel, bard
2Proto-Germanicskupąmockery, joking
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic līk →