Where does “līkia” come from?

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

Ancestry of “līkia”, 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

Words derived from “līkia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →