Where does “lík” come from?
lík (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
lík (Old Norse): leechline; body; leech
Ancestry of “lík”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | līk | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |