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Where does “dagligen” come from?

dagligen (Swedish) comes from Swedish daglig, 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.

dagligen (Swedish): daily, every day

Definitions

  1. daily, every day

Ancestry of “dagligen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdagligdaily
2Swedish-lig-ly, -like; forms adjectives
3Old Swedish-līker—
4Old Norse-ligrsuffix used to create adjectives, having the...
5Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
6Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
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