Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līkinōną
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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
Unclear, possibly from *līką (“body, shape”) + *-inōną or *līkinō (“mercy, recovery”) + *-ōną, or a merger of both. West Germanic only has the meaning "to compare", whereas Nordic also has the meanings "to show mercy" and "to care for".
Pronunciation
Verb
*līkinōną[1]
Inflection
Conjugation of *līkinōną (weak class 2)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *līkinōn
- Old Frisian: līknia
- Old Saxon: *līkinōn
- Middle Low German: līkenen
- Old High German: *līhhinōn
- ⇒ Old High German: gilīhhinōn
- Old Norse: líkna
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*līkenōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 248