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Where does “līką” come from?

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

līką (Proto-Germanic): body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope

Definitions

  1. body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope

Ancestry of “līką”, step by step

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

Words derived from “līką”

  • especially
  • particularly
  • nearly
  • immediately
  • easily
  • certainly
  • directly
  • cell
  • merely
  • suddenly
  • completely
  • frequently
  • exactly
  • relatively
  • equally
  • recently
  • largely
  • closely
  • previously
  • slightly
  • possibly
  • perfectly
  • necessarily
  • rapidly
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