Where does “gilik” come from?

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

gilik (Old Saxon): equal

Definitions

  1. equal

Ancestry of “gilik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
2Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →