Where does “gilīh” come from?

gilīh (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

gilīh (Old High German): equal

Definitions

  1. equal

Ancestry of “gilīh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
2Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “gilīh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic galīkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic galīk →