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Where does “līkāną” come from?

līkāną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

līkāną (Proto-Germanic): to conform, to be of an agreeable kind; to...

Definitions

  1. to conform, to be of an agreeable kind; to...

Ancestry of “līkāną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “līkāną”

  • dislike
  • liking
  • likeable
  • likable
  • suchlike
  • lyke
  • likest
  • liker
  • likeability
  • liketh
  • unlikable
  • unlikeable
  • dislikable
  • likableness
  • likeableness
  • lyketh
  • likeably
  • dislikest
  • disliketh
  • disliker
  • plainlike
  • likesome
  • dislikeness
  • likably
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