-ligr

See also: ligr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Suffix

-ligr

1. suffix used to create adjectives, having the sense of -y, -ly, -like

Derived terms

• ásamligr
• breytiligr
• dagligr
• djarfligr
• dýrligr
• einarðligr
• einkanligr
• elskuligr
• fagrligr
• fastligr
• forsjáligr
• frekligr

• glaðligr
• glæsiligr
• grátligr
• hagligr
• harðligr
• uggligr
• ógurligr
• ógnarligr

Descendants

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