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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Ancestry of “-elk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Frisian | -lik | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
Words derived from “-elk”