Where does “-elk” come from?

-elk (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian -lik, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

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Definitions

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Ancestry of “-elk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisian-lik—
2Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
3Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “-elk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līką →Every word from Proto-Germanic -līkaz →
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