Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līkāną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *-līkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*līkāną

1. to conform, to be of an agreeable kind
2. to please, to be pleasing (to +dative)

Usage notes

Judging from Gothic evidence, the difference between this verb and the derived verb *galīkijaną seems to have only been one of transitivity. The former could take an object in the dative, while the latter was intransitive only. Other than that the meanings were pretty much identical.

Derived terms

• *galīkijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *līkēn
  • Old English: līcian
    • Middle English: liken, lyken
      • Scots: like
      • English: like
        • → Welsh: leicio, licio
        • → German: liken
        • → Dutch: liken
        • → French: liker
        • → Spanish: likear
  • Old Frisian: līkia
    • Saterland Frisian: liekje
    • West Frisian: lykje
  • Old Saxon: līkōn
    • Middle Low German: liken
      • Low German: lieken
  • Old Dutch: līcon
    • Middle Dutch: liken
      • Dutch: lijken
  • Old High German: līhhēn
    • Middle High German: līchen
      • German: leichen
• Old Norse: líka
  • Icelandic: líka
  • Faroese: líka
  • Norwegian: like
  • Swedish: lika
  • Danish: lige (archaic)
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (leikan)