Where does “-lig” come from?

-lig (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish -līker, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

-lig (Swedish): -ly, -like; forms adjectives

Definitions

  1. -ly, -like; forms adjectives

Ancestry of “-lig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedish-līker—
2Old Norse-ligrsuffix used to create adjectives, having the...
3Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
4Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “-lig”

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