*līką¹

Runic: ᛚᛁᚲᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈliː.kɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

  1. body
  2. corpse, dead body

Etymology

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’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.līkąlīkō
Acc.līkąlīkō
Gen.līkas, līkislīkǫ̂
Dat.līkailīkamaz
Inst.līkōlīkamiz
Voc.līkąlīkō

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Descendants

  • *līk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • līk (Old Dutch)
      • lijc (Middle Dutch)
        • lijk (Dutch)
          • lyk (Afrikaans)
  • *līk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • līċ (Old English)
      • lik, lich (Middle English)
        • lich, like (English)
        • lyke (Scots)
  • *līk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • līk (Old Frisian)
      • Lieke (Saterland Frisian)
      • lyk (West Frisian)
  • *līk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • līh (Old High German)
      • lîch, lîche, leich (Middle High German)
        • Leich (Bavarian)
        • Lich (Central Franconian)
        • Leiche (German)
        • Läich (Luxembourgish)
  • *līk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • līk (Old Saxon)
      • lîk (Middle Low German)
        • līķis (Latvian)
        • Leich, Leiche (Plautdietsch)
  • *līk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • līk (Old Saxon)
      • lîk (Middle Low German)
        • Lieke (Low German)
          • Liek (German Low German)
  • lík (Old Norse)
    • lík (Faroese)
    • leik (Gutnish)
    • lík (Icelandic)
    • lik (Norn)
    • lik (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • læj (Scanian)
  • lík (Old Norse)
    • līk (Old Danish)
      • lig (Danish)
        • lik (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • lík (Old Norse)
    • līk (Old Swedish)
      • lik (Swedish)
  • 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 (leik) (Gothic)

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