Where does “bokstavligen” come from?
bokstavligen (Swedish) comes from Swedish bokstavlig, from Swedish -lig, from Old Swedish -līker, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
bokstavligen (Swedish): literally (not figuratively, allegorically, etc. – in truth)
Definitions
- literally (not figuratively, allegorically, etc. – in truth)
Ancestry of “bokstavligen”, step by step
bokstavligen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bokstavlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bokstavlig | literal, true, veritable (not figurative, allegorical, or the like) |
| 2 | Swedish | -lig | -ly, -like; forms adjectives |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -līker | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ligr | suffix used to create adjectives, having the... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |