-ligr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (having the body or form of), from *līką (body).

Suffix

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-ligr

  1. suffix used to create adjectives, having the sense of -y, -ly, -like
  2. (weak neuter accusative singular) used to create adverbs from these adjectives

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: -legur
  • Faroese: -ligur
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: -lig
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: -leg
  • Old Swedish: -līker
  • Old Danish: -lig