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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *līkahamô, equivalent to *līk + *hamō.
Noun
*līkahamō m
- (human) body, trunk
- Synonyms: *bodag, *būk, *līk
- corpse
- Synonym: *bodag
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*līkahamō
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| Genitive
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*līkahamini, *līkahaman
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*līkahamō
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*līkahaman
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| Accusative
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*līkahaman
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*līkahaman
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| Genitive
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*līkahamini, *līkahaman
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*līkahamanō
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| Dative
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*līkahamini, *līkahaman
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*līkahamum
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| Instrumental
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*līkahamini, *līkahaman
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*līkahamum
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Descendants
- Old English: līchama, līcema, līchoma
- Middle English: likame, licame, licham, lickham, likam, lycam, lycame, lykame, lykhame, lichame (Early Middle English), licam, liccame, lickam, lygham, lyghame (Northern), licome, lichome, lychome (West Midland)
- Middle Scots: likame, lekame
- >? Scots: lingcan (hapax)
- Old Frisian: līkama, līkoma, līkkoma, līkma
- Saterland Frisian: licman (obsolete)
- West Frisian: lichem
- Old Saxon: līkhamo m; līknamo m
- Old Dutch: līchamo m, līcnamo
- Old High German: līhhamo, līchamo, līhamo, (chiefly Bavarian) līhhinhamo, līhhinamo