Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līką

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image, likeness; similar, like”), with semantic shift "similar" > "having a similar shape" > "likeness" > "body". Cognate with Lithuanian lýgus (“equal, level, flat, even, like”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈliː.kɑ̃/

    Noun

    *līką n

    1. body
      Synonyms: *būkaz, *hrefaz
    2. corpse, dead body
      Synonym: *līkahamô
    Inflection
    Declension of *līką (neuter a-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *līką *līkō
    vocative *līką *līkō
    accusative *līką *līkō
    genitive *līkas, *līkis *līkǫ̂
    dative *līkai *līkamaz
    instrumental *līkō *līkamiz
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    Probably Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”), and cognate with Latin ligō (“to bind”). Kroonen, in addition to the above theory, offers an alternative suggestion that the word is a semantic extension of the "body" sense above, with semantic association "to connect" > "to compare" > "to be alike".[2]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈliː.kɑ̃/

    Noun

    *līką n

    1. leech-line, bolt-rope
    Descendants
    • English: leech
    • Dutch: lijk
    • Middle Low German: līk
    • Middle High German: geleich (“joint, link”)
    • Old Norse: lík
    • Danish: lig

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*līka- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 336
    2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*līka- 3”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 337
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