Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līką
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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
Noun
*līką n
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension 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
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *līk
- Old Norse: lík
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 (leik)
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
Noun
*līką n
Descendants
- English: leech
- Dutch: lijk
- Middle Low German: līk
- Middle High German: geleich (“joint, link”)
- Old Norse: lík
- Danish: lig
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*līka- 1”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 336
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*līka- 3”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 337