Where does “frýniligr” come from?
frýniligr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic frijōndlīkaz, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
Ancestry of “frýniligr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | frijōndlīkaz | friendlike; friendly |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |