*līką²
Runic: ᛚᛁᚲᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈliː.kɑ̃/noun · neuter · a-stem
Meanings
leech-line, bolt-rope
Etymology
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".
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | – | – |
| Acc. | – | – |
| Gen. | – | – |
| Dat. | – | – |
| Inst. | – | – |
| Voc. | – | – |
Descendants
- leech (English)
- lijk (Dutch)
- līk (Middle Low German)
- geleich (Middle High German)
- lík (Old Norse)
- lig (Danish)