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Where does “líkr” come from?

líkr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

líkr (Old Norse): same, like, equal; alike, resembling; probable,...

Definitions

  1. same, like, equal; alike, resembling; probable,...

Ancestry of “líkr”, step by step

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

Words derived from “líkr”

  • especially
  • particularly
  • nearly
  • immediately
  • certainly
  • directly
  • merely
  • completely
  • frequently
  • exactly
  • relatively
  • equally
  • recently
  • largely
  • closely
  • previously
  • slightly
  • possibly
  • perfectly
  • necessarily
  • rapidly
  • extremely
  • apparently
  • eventually
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