Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/galīkanassī

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *galīk +‎ *-nassī.

Noun

*galīkanassī f

1. likeness, similarity

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*galīkanassī
Genitive	*galīkanassīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*galīkanassī	—
Accusative	*galīkanassīn	—
Genitive	*galīkanassīn	—
Dative	*galīkanassīn	—
Instrumental	*galīkanassīn	—

Related terms

• *līk
• *līkān

Descendants

• Old English: ġelīcnes, ġelȳcnys
  • Middle English: liknesse, likenesse
    • English: likeness
• Old Frisian: līknisse, līkense
  • West Frisian: likenis
• Old Saxon: gilīknessi
  • Middle Low German: gelīkenisse, gelīknisse, līkenisse
    • German Low German: Glieknis
    • → Danish: lignelse
      • → Norwegian: lignelse
• Old Dutch: gilīcnussi
  • Middle Dutch: gelîkenisse
    • Dutch: gelijkenis
• Old High German: gilīhnassi, gilīhnessi, gilīhnissi, gilīhnussi
  • Middle High German: gelīchnisse
    • German: Gleichnis