Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līk

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līką.

Noun

*līk n^[1]

body
Synonyms: *bodag, *būk, *līkahamō

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*līk(a)
Genitive	*līkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*līk(a)	*līku
Accusative	*līk(a)	*līku
Genitive	*līkas	*līkō
Dative	*līkē	*līkum
Instrumental	*līku	*līkum

Derived terms

*-līk
*līkahamō
*līkataikn

Descendants

Old English: līċ
- Middle English: lik, lich
  - Scots: lyke
  - English: lich, like
Old Frisian: līk
- Saterland Frisian: Lieke
- West Frisian: lyk
Old Saxon: līk
- Middle Low German: lîk
  - Low German: Lieke
    - German Low German: Liek
  - Plautdietsch: Leich, Leiche
  - → Latvian: līķis
Old Dutch: līk
- Middle Dutch: lijc
  - Dutch: lijk
    - Afrikaans: lyk
Old High German: līh
- Middle High German: lîch, lîche, leich
  - Central Franconian: Lich
  - Bavarian: Leich
  - German: Leiche
  - Luxembourgish: Läich

References

^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210: “PWGmc *līk”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210: “PWGmc *līk”

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